Cellana Adams 1869 (limpet)

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

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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

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