Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Alternative combination: Phalium (Tylocassis) sulcosum senni

Belongs to Semicassis according to A. G. Beu 2010

Sister taxa: Cassidea (Semicassis) bituminata, Cassidea (Semicassis) calantica, Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica, Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis, Cassidea (Semicassis) vandervierki, Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata, Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis, Semicassis (Antephalium), Semicassis (Semicassis), Semicassis aldrichi, Semicassis angasi, Semicassis bisulcata, Semicassis centiquadrata, Semicassis deneseplicata, Semicassis faurotis, Semicassis granulata, Semicassis harpaeformis, Semicassis labiata, Semicassis monilifera, Semicassis oligocalantica, Semicassis ovulum, Semicassis pyrum, Semicassis pyshtensis, Semicassis reclusa, Semicassis sculpta, Semicassis (Tylocassis) maleaformis, Phalium (Tylocassis) sulcosum

Type specimen: NMB H 1866, a shell. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 17531 - Punta Gavilan [Punta Gavilan Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in the Punta Gavilan Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at NMB Loc. 17531 - Punta Gavilan [Punta Gavilan Fm]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.