Asteracmea Oliver 1926 (limpet)

Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae

Parent taxon: Acmaeadae according to P. Lozouet et al. 2001

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Acmaeinae, Bathyacmaea, Chiazacmea, Conorhytis, Deslongchampsia, Hamptoniella, Naccula, Patelloidinae, Pseudorhytidopilus, Rhodopetalinae, Scurriopsis, Serradonta, Tectura

Subtaxa: Asteracmea acuminata Asteracmea illibrata

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Type: Helcioniscus illibrata

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Lariey, Saucats, Aquitaine (Miocene of France)

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