Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Cassidea maccormacki
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1928. Contributions to the Tertiary paleontology of northern Peru: Part 1. Bulletins of American Paleontology 14(52)
Belongs to Cassis according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Olsson 1928
Sister taxa: Cassis (Cassis), Cassis (Hypocassis), Cassis (Morionella), Cassis (Sassia), Cassis altispira, Cassis avellana, Cassis birmanica, Cassis brevicostatus, Cassis carinata, Cassis cornuta, Cassis costulifera, Cassis delta, Cassis depressior, Cassis fimbriata, Cassis flammea, Cassis flintensis, Cassis floridensis, Cassis glaucoides, Cassis herklotsi, Cassis ketteri, Cassis madagascariensis, Cassis mamillaris, Cassis mammillaris, Cassis norai, Cassis nummulitiphila, Cassis retusa, Cassis subtuberosa, Cassis sulcifera, Cassis togata, Cassis tuberosa, Cassis vialensis, Cassidea birmanica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lagunitas [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lagunitas [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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