Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226
Belongs to Cassis according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Mansfield 1940
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 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: USNM 498499, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 7118, which is in a Rupelian shallow subtidal limestone in the Flint River Formation of Georgia.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.