Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Alternative combinations: Cassidaria laevigata, Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata

Belongs to Sconsia according to A. G. Beu 2010

See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Maury 1917, Olsson 1922 and Petuch 1988

Sister taxa: Sconsia (Sconsia), Sconsia augustana, Sconsia beyrichi, Sconsia cocleana, Sconsia felix, Sconsia grayi, Sconsia hodgii, Sconsia lintea, Sconsia paralaevigata, Sconsia prolongata, Galeodosconsia striatula, Morionassa amplectens

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (18 collections), Haiti (2), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (13)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (35), Panama (6), Venezuela (5)

Total: 80 collections including 81 occurrences

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