Galeodea sutterensis Dickerson 1916 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Alternative combination: Galeodea (Gomphopages) sutterensis

Synonyms: Galeodea (Gomphopages) susanae Schenck 1926, Galeodea susanae Schenck 1926

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1916. Stratigraphy and fauna of the Tejon Eocene of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(17):363-524

Belongs to Galeodea according to R. L. Squires 2019

See also Clark and Woodford 1927, Durham 1942, Schenck 1926, Squires 1984 and Turner 1938

Sister taxa: Doliopsis tricarinatum, Galeodea aegyptiaca, Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea californica, Galeodea crescentensis, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea louella, Galeodea megacephala, Galeodea meganosensis, Galeodea petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria desori, Galeoocorys leucodoma

Type specimens:

  • Galeodea sutterensis: Its type locality is UCMP loc1853, Marysville Buttes, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Capay Formation of California.
  • Galeodea susanae: CAS 1753, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: California, Oregon collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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