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FOSSIL RECORD OF FISSURELLIDAE Hickman for use of a radular illustration of Clyp- eosectus delectus (Fig. 11 A). Other SEM micro- The Fissurellidae are traceable to the Middle Trias- graphs of radulae were made at the Center for Elec- sic and underwent a substantial radiation in the tron Microscopy and Microanalysis at the University Jurassic (Knight et al., 1960; McLean, 1984). of Southern California with the help of C. Clifton Earlier (McLean, 1984) I presented arguments in Coney, LACM. Support for this work was provided support of the scenario that fissurellids were derived by the LACMNH Foundation. Gerhard Haszpru- from Paleozoic bellerophontaceans, developing an nar, Richard S. Houbrick, George L. Kennedy, Da- idea proposed originally by Golikov and Starobo- vid R. Lindberg, and Anders Waren provided help- gatov (1975). No further evidence in support of this ful commentary. theory has been offered. Two primary objections This article is contribution number 81 of the remain: there is asymmetry in the ontogeny of all Galapagos Rift Biology Expedition supported by fissurellids, and the punctations or pores in the early the National Science Foundation. teleoconch of fissurellids have not been detected in bellerophontaceans. As noted most recently by Hickman (1988), the question of bellerophonta- LITERATURE CITED cean affinities remains as controversial as ever. Bandel, K. 1982. Morphologie und Bildung der frii- hontogenetischen Gehause bei conchiferen Mollus- TIME OF ENTRY TO THE ken. Fades, Universitat Erlangen 7:1-198, pis. 1- HYDROTHERMAL-VENT COMMUNITY 22. Batten, R.L. 1975. The Scissurellidae—Are they neo- Earlier (McLean, 1985, 1988a, 1988b, 1989), I hy- tenously derived fissurellidsf American Museum pothesized that the newly described families and Novitates, no. 2567:1-29. superfamilies of archaeogastropod limpets (Neom- Bourne, G. C. 1910. 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