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Patella sheehani

Gastropoda - Patellidae

Taxonomy
Patella sheehani was named by Smith (1927). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Fork of Squaw Creek, 3 miles north of Kelly's ranch, which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Patella sheehani Smith p. 108 figs. Pl 94, figs 28,29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassPatellogastropoda(Lindberg 1986)
superfamilyPatelloidea()
familyPatellidae
subfamilyPatellinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPatella
speciessheehani

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Patella sheehani Smith 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available