Cassis mamillaris Grateloup 1847 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Alternative combinations: Cassidea mamillaris, Cassis (Cassis) mamillaris, Cassisoma mamillaris

Belongs to Cassis according to M. Harzhauser et al. 2009

See also Harzhauser 2004

Sister taxa: Cassis (Cassis), Cassis (Hypocassis), Cassis (Morionella), Cassis (Sassia), Cassis altispira, Cassis avellana, Cassis birmanica, Cassis brevicostatus, Cassis carinata, Cassis cornuta, Cassis costulifera, Cassis delta, Cassis depressior, Cassis fimbriata, Cassis flammea, Cassis flintensis, Cassis floridensis, Cassis glaucoides, Cassis herklotsi, Cassis ketteri, Cassis maccormacki, Cassis madagascariensis, Cassis mammillaris, Cassis norai, Cassis nummulitiphila, Cassis retusa, Cassis subtuberosa, Cassis sulcifera, Cassis togata, Cassis tuberosa, Cassis vialensis, Cassidea birmanica

Subtaxa: Cassidea mamillaris nummultiphila Cassidea mamillaris pedemontana

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (2 collections), Pakistan (1)

• Oligocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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