Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
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 Cassis according to A. G. Beu 2010
Sister taxa: Cassis (Cassis), Cassis (Hypocassis), Cassis (Morionella), Cassis (Sassia), Cassis altispira, Cassis avellana, Cassis birmanica, Cassis brevicostatus, Cassis carinata, Cassis cornuta, Cassis delta, Cassis depressior, Cassis fimbriata, Cassis flammea, 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
Type specimen: NMB H 17976, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), Jamaica (4), Panama (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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