Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combinations: Buccinum echinophorum, Cassidaria echinophora, Echinora echinophorum, Morio echinophora
Synonym: Echinora tuberosa Schumacher 1817
Belongs to Galeodea according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Beu 2008, Mukerjee 1939 and Schenck 1926
Sister taxa: Doliopsis tricarinatum, Galeodea aegyptiaca, Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea californica, Galeodea crescentensis, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea louella, Galeodea megacephala, Galeodea meganosensis, Galeodea petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria desori, Galeoocorys leucodoma, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (3 collections)
• Pliocene of Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Spain (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), India (1), Italy (3), Slovakia (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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