Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combinations: Cassidaria tuberculata, Coalingodea tuberculiformis, Morio (Sconsia) tuberculatus, Morio tuberculatus
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Phalium (Semicassis) according to R. L. Squires 1984
See also Dickerson 1914, Durham 1942, Gabb 1864, Givens and Kennedy 1979, Hanna 1924, Hendy 2020, Squires 1987, Squires 1999, Squires 2019, Stewart 1927 and Weaver 1912
Sister taxa: Cassidea (Semicassis) bituminata, Cassidea (Semicassis) calantica, Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica, Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis, Cassidea (Semicassis) vandervierki, Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata, Semicassis (Antephalium), Semicassis (Semicassis), Semicassis aldrichi, Semicassis angasi, Semicassis bisulcata, Semicassis centiquadrata, Semicassis deneseplicata, Semicassis faurotis, Semicassis granulata, Semicassis harpaeformis, Semicassis labiata, Semicassis monilifera, Semicassis oligocalantica, Semicassis ovulum, Semicassis pyrum, Semicassis pyshtensis, Semicassis reclusa, Semicassis sculpta, Semicassis senni, Phalium (Tylocassis) sulcosum, Semicassis (Tylocassis) maleaformis
Subtaxa: Morio tuberculatus trituberculatus
Type specimen: ANSP 4343
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (32: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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