Fissurella mississipiensis Conrad 1848 (keyhole limpet)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299

Belongs to Fissurella according to T. A. Conrad 1848

Sister taxa: Fissurella (Balboaina), Fissurella (Carcellesia), Fissurella (Clypidella), Fissurella (Cremides), Fissurella (Fissurella), Fissurella barbadensis, Fissurella behri, Fissurella bipunctata, Fissurella costaria, Fissurella cumingi, Fissurella fluviamariana, Fissurella gibba, Fissurella hydrebadensis, Fissurella labiata, Fissurella mus, Fissurella nimbosa, Fissurella nodosa, Fissurella perrini, Fissurella rixfordi, Fissurella rosea, Fissurella scobinellata, Fissurella squamosa, Fissurella stantoni, Fissurella volcano

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Fissurella mississipiensis in the database

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