Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Alternative spelling: Patella (Scutellastra)
Synonyms: Ancistromesus Dall 1871, Olana Adams and Adams 1854, Patella (Patellanax) Iredale 1924, Patellanax Iredale 1924, Patellidea Thiele 1834
Parent taxon: Patellidae according to B. M. Landau et al. 2016
See also Ladd 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Vaught et al. 1989
Sister taxon: Patellinae
Subtaxa: Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis Scutellastra arayae Scutellastra barbara Scutellastra cochlear Scutellastra mexicana Scutellastra venezuelana
Type: Patella barbara
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Kenya (1), Namibia (3), South Africa (7)
• Pliocene of South Africa (3)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences
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