Asteracmea Oliver 1926 (limpet)
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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
Type: Helcioniscus illibrata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Lariey, Saucats, Aquitaine (Miocene of France)
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