Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Alternative combinations: Fissurella tenebrosa, Fissuridea tenebrosa
Synonym: Fissurella claibornensis Lea 1833
Belongs to Diodora according to K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann 1966
See also CoBabe and Allmon 1994 and Harris and Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Diodora (Diodora), Diodora arnoldi, Diodora aspera, Diodora auroraensis, Diodora cayenensis, Diodora chipolana, Diodora corbicula, Diodora derbyi, Diodora diadala, Diodora fragilis, Diodora galeata, Diodora gibberula, Diodora graeca, Diodora granifera, Diodora griscomi, Diodora henekeni, Diodora immortalis, Diodora inaequalis, Diodora jaumei, Diodora jukesii, Diodora lincolnensis, Diodora lineata, Diodora listeri, Diodora meta, Diodora minuta, Diodora mus, Diodora occidua, Diodora octogona, Diodora pamlicoensis, Diodora parviforata, Diodora patagonica, Diodora penderensis, Diodora pumpellyi, Diodora quadriradiata, Diodora redimicula, Diodora ruppelli, Diodora singaporensis, Diodora subcostaria, Diodora ticaonica, Diodora viridula, Diodora vredenburgi, Fissuridea unica, Fissuridea marylandica, Fissuridea nassula, Fissuridea alticosta, Fissuridea subelliptica, Elegidion audax, Diodora (Elegidion) marshallensis
Subtaxa: Diodora tenebrosa antica Diodora tenebrosa veatchi
Type specimens:
- Diodora tenebrosa: ANSP 30504, a shell
- Fissurella claibornensis: ANSP 5450, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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