Fissurellidea Orbigny 1841 (snail)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Alternative spelling: Fissurellidaea

Parent taxon: Fissurellideini according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Hendy 2021, Kensley and Pether 1986, Knight et al. 1960, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Fissurellidea (Pupillaea) Fissurellidea aperta Fissurellidea bimaculata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections), South Africa (1), United States (16: California)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of South Africa (2)

• Miocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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