Acmaea galea Sohl 1960 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Full reference: N. F. Sohl. 1960. Archeogastropoda, Mesogastropoda and stratigraphy of the Ripley, Owl Creek, and Prairie Bluff Formations. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 331:1-151

Belongs to Acmaea according to N. F. Sohl 1960

Sister taxa: Acmaea (Acmaea), Acmaea campanaeformis, Acmaea cassis, Acmaea dickersoni, Acmaea funiculata, Acmaea geometrica, Acmaea hannibali, Acmaea lineata, Acmaea martinezensis, Acmaea mitra, Acmaea oakvillensis, Acmaea ocitatia, Acmaea poulseni, Acmaea ruckmani, Acmaea rudis, Acmaea simplex, Acmaea soceni, Acmaea subangulata, Acmaea submesidia, Acmaea victoriana

Type specimen: USNM 128384, an exoskeleton

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Sohl 001 (Cretaceous of Tennessee)

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