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Zeidora clypeata

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Zeidora clypeata
Shell of Zeidora clypeata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Zeidora
Species:
Z. clypeata
Binomial name
Zeidora clypeata
(Lamarck, 1803)
Synonyms
  • Emarginula (Entomella) clypeata Lamarck, 1803
  • Emarginula (Entomella) clypeata bourdoti Cossmann, 1885
  • Entomella (s. str.) cymbiola bourdoti (Cossmann, 1885)
  • Entomella (s. str.) clypeata (Lamarck, 1803)

Zeidora clypeata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Eocene strata in Picardy, France.

References

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  • Cossmann (M.) & Pissarro (G.), 1907 - Iconographie complète des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris, t. 2, p. pl. 1-9
  • Le Renard (J.) & Pacaud (J.-M.), 1995 - Révision des Mollusques paléogènes du Bassin de Paris. 2 - Liste des références primaires des espèces. Cossmanniana, t. 3, vol. 3, p. 65-132
  • Cunhaa (T.J.), Lemera (S.), Bouchet (P.), Kanoc (Y.) & Giribeta (G.), 2019 - Putting keyhole limpets on the map: phylogeny and biogeography of the globally distributed marine family Fissurellidae (Vetigastropoda, Mollusca). Mollecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, t. 135, p. 249-269