- Collisella edmitchelli
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Collisella edmitchelli Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Patellogastropoda Superfamily: Lottioidea Family: Lottiidae Genus: Collisella Species: C. edmitchelli Binomial name Collisella edmitchelli
Lipps, 1966† Collisella edmitchelli was a late Pleistocene species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Lottiidae and the clade Patellogastropoda.
This species was endemic to the United States, but it is now thought to be extinct, although there is some evidence that it is still living.
References
- ^ Bouchet P. (1996). Collisella edmitchelli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
Further reading
- Lindberg D. R. (1984). "A Recent specimen of Collisella edmitchelli from San Pedro, California (Mollusca: Acmaeidae)". Southern California Academy of Sciences, Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 83(3): 148-151.
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