Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combinations: Buccinum flammeum, Cassidea flammea
Synonyms: Cassis alba Perry 1811, Cassis marmorata Röding 1798
Belongs to Cassis according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Olsson 1922
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 flintensis, Cassis floridensis, Cassis glaucoides, Cassis herklotsi, Cassis ketteri, Cassis maccormacki, Cassis madagascariensis, Cassis mamillaris, Cassis mammillaris, Cassis norai, Cassis nummulitiphila, Cassis retusa, Cassis subtuberosa, Cassis sulcifera, Cassis togata, Cassis tuberosa, Cassis vialensis, Cassidea birmanica
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Venezuela (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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