Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative spellings: Cassidaria (Sconsia), Morio (Sconsia)
Synonyms: Galeodosconsia Sacco 1890, Morionassa Sacco 1890
Parent taxon: Cassinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Beu 2005, Beu 2008, Beu 2010, Bohm 1926, Gabb 1864, Gardner 1947, Gardner 1948, Harzhauser 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1928
Sister taxa: Cassis, Cypraecassis, Galeodea, Microsconsia
Subtaxa: Galeodosconsia striatula Morionassa amplectens Sconsia (Sconsia) Sconsia augustana Sconsia beyrichi Sconsia cocleana Sconsia felix Sconsia grayi Sconsia hodgii Sconsia laevigata Sconsia lintea Sconsia paralaevigata Sconsia prolongata
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (18), Haiti (3), Indonesia (1), Jamaica (7), Mexico (1), Panama (18), United States (6: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (13)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Brazil (4), Colombia (3), Costa Rica (3), the Dominican Republic (41), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), Panama (28), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene of Mexico (2), Pakistan (1), United States (11: Mississippi)
• Eocene of Germany (1), Italy (1), Namibia (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (4: North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 193 collections including 195 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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