Cassis tuberosa Linnaeus 1758 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Alternative combinations: Buccinum tuberosum, Cassidea tuberosa

Belongs to Cassis according to A. G. Beu 2010

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 maccormacki, Cassis madagascariensis, Cassis mamillaris, Cassis mammillaris, Cassis norai, Cassis nummulitiphila, Cassis retusa, Cassis subtuberosa, Cassis sulcifera, Cassis togata, Cassis vialensis, Cassidea birmanica

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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