Littorina sheaferi Olsson 1967 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1967. Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute 1-61

Belongs to Littorina according to A. A. Olsson 1967

Sister taxa: Littorina (Littorina), Littorina (Melaraphe), Littorina alta, Littorina aspera, Littorina coccinea, Littorina kneri, Littorina mariana, Littorina neritoides, Littorina obtusata, Littorina petricola, Littorina pittsburgensis, Littorina remondii, Littorina saxatilis, Littorina scabra, Littorina schuttei, Littorina sookensis, Littorina subobesa, Littorina tuberculostriata, Littorina undulata, Littorina unifasciata

Type specimen: USNM 645178, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Kissimmee [Pinecrest Mbr, Tamiami Fm] (Pliocene of Florida)

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