Retshitsella Mazaev 1998 (keyhole limpet)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 1998. A new genus of Fissurelloidei (Gastropoda) from the Upper Carboniferous of Moscow Basin: the oldest known example of the suborder. Ruthenica 8(1):13-15

Parent taxon: Emarginulidae according to A. V. Mazaev 1998

Sister taxa: Agariste, Clypidina, Emarginulina, Emarginulini, Emersonia, Entomella, Fissurellideini, Loxotoma, Notomella, Rimularia, Rimulopsis, Scelidotoma, Scutini, Tugali

Subtaxa: Retshitsella egorovi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Locality 008. Outcrop near the 55 km station (Carboniferous of Russian Federation)

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