Gastropoda - Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1908. Descriptions of new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils from the Santa Cruz Mountains, California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 34(1617):345-389
Belongs to Patella according to R. Arnold 1908
Sister taxa: Patella (Cymbula), Patella (Patella), Patella caerulea, Patella candei, Patella capulina, Patella conoidea, Patella costaria, Patella costata, Patella costulata, Patella crasseradiata, Patella crateriformis, Patella deformis, Patella duclosii, Patella dulcis, Patella flexuosa, Patella glabra, Patella granatina, Patella granularis, Patella granulata, Patella gremblichi, Patella hebertiana, Patella hendeyi, Patella hochstetteri, Patella hoffmani, Patella hollebeni, Patella intermedia, Patella jingguensis, Patella laticostata, Patella limatula, Patella longicosta, Patella nelsonensis, Patella nigra, Patella oculus, Patella pennata, Patella peronii, Patella reussi, Patella rimosa, Patella scutatella, Patella sheehani, Patella sparsicostata, Patella striatula, Patella stuarti, Patella subglabra, Patella timorensis, Patella traskii, Patella ulyssiponensis, Patella vulgata
Type specimen: USNM 165437, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Patella mateoensis in the database
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