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Scutellastra
Taxonomy
Scutellastra was named by Adams and Adams (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Patella barbara.
It was reranked as Patella (Scutellastra) by Ladd (1966).
It was assigned to Patella by Ladd (1966); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Patellidae by Landau et al. (2016).
It was reranked as Patella (Scutellastra) by Ladd (1966).
It was assigned to Patella by Ladd (1966); to Patellogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Patellidae by Landau et al. (2016).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1834 | Patellidea Thiele |
| 1854 | Olana Adams and Adams p. 446 |
| 1854 | Scutellastra Adams and Adams p. 466 |
| 1871 | Ancistromesus Dall |
| 1966 | Patella (Scutellastra) Ladd p. 32 |
| 2002 | Ancistromesus Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Scutellastra Sepkoski |
| 2016 | Scutellastra Landau et al. p. 8 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Scutellastra Adams and Adams 1854
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Patella (Scutellastra) stellaeformis Reeve 1842
†Scutellastra arayae Nielsen and Landau 2014
Scutellastra barbara Linnaeus 1758
Scutellastra cochlear Born 1778
Scutellastra mexicana Broderip and Sowerby 1829
†Scutellastra venezuelana Nielson and Landau 2014
Invalid names: Ancistromesus Dall 1871 [synonym], Olana Adams and Adams 1854 [synonym], Patella (Patellanax) Iredale 1924 [synonym], Patellidea Thiele 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | Patellanax hamiltonensis (179602) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Patella barbara (118257 118317 118318) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Patella barbara (118308) | |
| Pleistocene | Namibia (Karas) | Patella barbara (124048 124049) | |
| Pleistocene | Namibia | Patella barbara (122932) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Patella barbara, Patella cochlear (122933 122934 122937) Patella cochlear (122945) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | South Africa | S. argenvillei (115185) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Patellanax laticostata, Patellanax peroni (63207) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Kenya | S. sp. (81036) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | Patella barbara (110492) |