Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Alternative combination: Acmaea tejonensis
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1869. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 127-205
Belongs to Patelloida according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Gabb 1869, Lindberg and Squires 1990 and Stewart 1927
Sister taxa: Patelloida alticostata, Patelloida ceciliana, Patelloida cryptalirata, Patelloida gradatus, Patelloida inginis, Patelloida mimula, Patelloida pustulata, Patelloida pyramidalis, Patelloida saccharina, Patelloida triquetrus, Patelloida vokesi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: California, Washington collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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