Fissurellidea Orbigny 1841 (keyhole limpet)
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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
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections), South Africa (1), United States (20: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of South Africa (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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