Zeidora clypeata

Zeidora clypeata
	Shell of Zeidora clypeata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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) clypeataLamarck, 1803; Emarginula (Entomella) clypeata bourdotiCossmann, 1885; Entomella (s. str.) cymbiola bourdoti(Cossmann, 1885); Entomella (s. str.) clypeata(Lamarck, 1803);

Last updated November 10, 2025

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

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

References

↑ "MNHN, Paris: Zeidora clypeata". Archived from the original on 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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

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[1] "MNHN, Paris: Zeidora clypeata". Archived from the original on 2023-11-05. Retrieved 2023-11-08.

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