Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combinations: Cassidaria planotecta, Mambrinia planotecta, Morio planotecta
Belongs to Galeodea according to A. G. Beu 2008
See also Harris and Palmer 1947 and Johnson 1899
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 sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeoocorys leucodoma, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Cassidaria desori, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria cheops, Galeodea (Cassidaria) kouriatchyi, Cassidaria khaledi
Subtaxa: Mambrinia planotecta jacksonia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (18: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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