Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154
Belongs to Cassidaria according to H. L. Abbass 1967
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 sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria desori, Cassidaria javana, Galeodea (Cassidaria) kouriatchyi, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeoocorys leucodoma
Type specimen: G439, a shell.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Egypt 5 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)
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