Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Parent taxon: Fissurellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Gardner 1947, Knight et al. 1960, Lozouet et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Altrix, Austriacopsis, Emarginulinae, Fissurellinae, Hemitoma, Leurolepas, Lucapina, Nesta, Parmophorus, Puncturella, Subemarginula, Zeidora
Subtaxa: Lucapinella callomarginata Lucapinella clypeata Lucapinella henseli Lucapinella limatula
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (16: California, Florida), Uruguay (1)
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1), Panama (1), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), France (1), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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