Sassia tatei Beu 2010 (triton shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Synonym: Triton armatus Tate 1888 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550

Belongs to Sassia according to A. G. Beu 2010

See also Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Personella), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nigeriana, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia radialis, Sassia warreni, Proxicharonia palmeri, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia annectans, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia abbotti

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sassia tatei in the database

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