Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Alternative combination: Acmaea vokesi
Full reference: C. S. Hickman. 1980. Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon. Bulletins of American Paleontology 78(310):1-112
Belongs to Patelloida according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Hickman 1980 and Lindberg and Squires 1990
Sister taxa: Patelloida alticostata, Patelloida ceciliana, Patelloida cryptalirata, Patelloida gradatus, Patelloida inginis, Patelloida mimula, Patelloida pustulata, Patelloida pyramidalis, Patelloida saccharina, Patelloida tejonensis, Patelloida triquetrus
Type specimen: USNM 251321, a shell. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 15280) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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