Acmaea martinezensis Dickerson 1914 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. Fauna of the Martinez Eocene of California. Bulletin of the Department of Geology, University of California 6:61-180

Belongs to Acmaea according to R. E. Dickerson 1914

Sister taxa: Acmaea (Acmaea), Acmaea campanaeformis, Acmaea dickersoni, Acmaea funiculata, Acmaea geometrica, Acmaea hannibali, Acmaea lineata, Acmaea mitra, Acmaea oakvillensis, Acmaea ocitatia, Acmaea poulseni, Acmaea ruckmani, Acmaea rudis, Acmaea simplex, Acmaea soceni, Acmaea subangulata, Acmaea submesidia, Acmaea victoriana

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 790, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Martinez Formation of California

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at UCMP 790

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