Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans
Full reference: P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262
Belongs to Echinophoria according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Jung 1971 and Petuch 1988
Sister taxa: Echinophoria bituberculosa, Echinophoria caelatura, Echinophoria carnosa, Echinophoria coronadoi, Echinophoria dalli, Echinophoria etchuensis, Echinophoria fax, Echinophoria hadra, Echinophoria intermedium, Echinophoria pilsbryi, Echinophoria pollens, Echinophoria trituberculata, Echinophoria woodringi, Echinophoria wyvillei, Euspinacassis muricata, Bathygalea (Bathygalea)
Type specimen: NMB H 15444, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Grenada (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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