Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Full reference: E. J. Moore. 1963. Miocene marine mollusks from the Astoria Formation in Oregon. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 419
Parent taxon: Cassididae according to S. Kanno 1973
See also Moore 1963, Moore 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Casmaria, Cassinae, Ceiba, Doliocassis, Oocorythinae, Phaliinae, Sconsodolium, Coalingodea, Oniscidea, Haydenia
Subtaxa: Liracassis apta Liracassis durhami Liracassis egberti Liracassis iani Liracassis onishpetensis Liracassis oregonensis Liracassis petrosa Liracassis rex Liracassis yabei Liracassis yokoyamai
Type: Stramonita petrosa
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (4 collections), United States (4: Alaska, Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Oligocene of United States (27: Alaska, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (4: Washington)
Total: 40 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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