Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Pyrula megacephala
Belongs to Galeodea according to M. Harzhauser and O. Mandic 2001
Sister taxa: Doliopsis tricarinatum, Galeodea aegyptiaca, Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea californica, Galeodea crescentensis, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea louella, Galeodea meganosensis, Galeodea petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeoocorys leucodoma, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria lintea, Galeodea (Cassidaria) kouriatchyi, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria desori, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Plesching (Upper Austria) - Linz Formation (Oligocene of Austria)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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