Gastropoda - Patellida - Nacellidae
Parent taxon: Nacellidae according to D. R. Lindberg and C. S. Hickman 1986
See also Kensley 1972, Ladd 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Short and Potter 1987 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxon: Nacella
Subtaxa: Cellana ampla Cellana capensis Cellana conciliata Cellana exarata Cellana melanostoma Cellana sagittata Cellana solida Cellana tramoserica
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Pakistan (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (3), the Seychelles (1), United States (8: Hawaii)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1), South Africa (1)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 22 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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