Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
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 Fissurella according to R. E. Dickerson 1914
Sister taxa: Fissurella (Balboaina), Fissurella (Carcellesia), Fissurella (Clypidella), Fissurella (Cremides), Fissurella (Fissurella), Fissurella barbadensis, Fissurella bipunctata, Fissurella costaria, Fissurella cumingi, Fissurella fluviamariana, Fissurella gibba, Fissurella labiata, Fissurella mississipiensis, Fissurella mus, Fissurella nimbosa, Fissurella nodosa, Fissurella perrini, Fissurella rixfordi, Fissurella rosea, Fissurella scobinellata, Fissurella squamosa, Fissurella stantoni, Fissurella volcano
Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP 243, south of Muir Station, which is in a Selandian coastal siliciclastic in the Vine Hill Formation of California
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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