Gastropoda - Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Synonym: Cassianastraea [replaced name]
Full reference: A. Nützel and A. Kaim. 2014. Diversity, palaeoecology and systematics of a marine fossil assemblage from the Late Triassic Cassian Formation at Settsass Scharte, N Italy. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:405-431
Parent taxon: Turbinidae according to A. Nützel and A. Kaim 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Angariinae, Anomphalinae, Arene, Astraea, Bakonyia, Coelobolma, Cynisca, Fischeriella, Flacilla, Galeoastraea, Gelasinostoma, Guizhouia, Homalopoma, Kaurnella, Klebyella, Littorinolacuna, Macrarene, Margaritinae, Megastraea, Moelleriinae, Moreanellinae, Nemrac, Odoardia, Pomaulax, Prisogaster, Prisogasterinae, Prototurbo, Torallochus, Turbininae, Turboidea
Subtaxa: Bandelastraea damon Cassianastraea stanleyia
Type: Pachypoma damon
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (3 collections), Peru (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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