Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combinations: Cassis caelatura, Echinophoria caleata, Mariacassis caelatum, Mariacassis caleata
Belongs to Echinophoria according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Beu 2008, Conrad 1848 and Petuch 1988
Sister taxa: Echinophoria bituberculosa, Echinophoria carnosa, Echinophoria coronadoi, Echinophoria dalli, Echinophoria etchuensis, Echinophoria famulans, Echinophoria fax, Echinophoria hadra, Echinophoria intermedium, Echinophoria pilsbryi, Echinophoria pollens, Echinophoria trituberculata, Echinophoria woodringi, Echinophoria wyvillei, Euspinacassis muricata, Bathygalea (Bathygalea)
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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