Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
Alternative spelling: Cassiopinae
Synonym: Glauconiidae Pchelintsev 1953 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Cerithiimorpha according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005 and Ponder and Warén 1988
Sister taxa: Canterburyellidae, Eustomatidae, Juramelanatriidae, Ladinulidae, Lucmeriidae, Maoraxidae, Popenellidae, Probittiidae, Procerithiidae, Propupaspiridae, Zardinellopsidae
Subtaxa: Bicarinella Cassiope Coninoda Glauconia Glauconiella Gymnentome Hexaglauconia Mennessieria Mesoglauconia Paraglauconia Pseudoglauconia
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Austria (2), Brazil (3), Egypt (3), Germany (3), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Japan (4), Mexico (6), Peru (2), Portugal (7), Spain (9), the United Kingdom (2), United States (25: California, Kansas, Mississippi, Texas, Utah)
Total: 70 collections including 81 occurrences