Gastropoda - Tonnoidea - 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 birmanica, 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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