Amblychilepas Pilsbry 1890 (snail)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Parent taxon: Fissurellinae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960

See also Kensley and Pether 1986, Short and Potter 1987 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Atractotrema, Cosmetalepas, Diodorini, Fissurella, Macroschisma, Medusafissurella, Megatebennus

Subtaxa: Amblychilepas acra Amblychilepas compressa Amblychilepas crucis Amblychilepas javanicus Amblychilepas nigrita Amblychilepas oblonga Amblychilepas omicron Amblychilepas scutellum

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Mozambique (1), Namibia (1), South Africa (6)

• Pliocene of South Africa (3)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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