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Patellacea

Patellacea

[‚pad·əl′ās·ē·ə]
(paleontology)
An extinct superfamily of gastropod mollusks in the order Aspidobranchia which developed a cap-shaped shell and were specialized for clinging to rock.
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References in periodicals archive
A new genus of Patellacea (Gastropoda) from the Middle Ordovician of Utah: the oldest known example of the superfamily.
Muscle scars in euomphaline gastropods from the Ordovician of Baltica/Lihaste kinnitusjaljed euomphaliinsetel tigudel Baltika Ordoviitsiumis
West American prosobranch Gastropoda: super-familes Patellacea, Pleurotomariacea, and Fissurellacea.
A STATUS REVIEW OF PINTO ABALONE (HALIOTIS KAMTSCHA TKANA) ALONG THE WEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA: INTERPRETING TRENDS, ADDRESSING UNCERTAINTY, AND ASSESSING RISK FOR A WIDE-RANGLNG MARINE INVERTEBRATE
Pleurotomariacea, Fissurellacea and Patellacea. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 1: 1-37.
Reproduction of Patella rustica (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the gulf of Annaba (Algeria, Mediterranean South Western)
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