Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combinations: Cassis (Morio) petersoni, Galeodaria petersoni, Galeodia petersoni, Morio petersoni
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1854. Fossil Testacea of the Tertiary green-sand and marl-bed of Jackson, Miss. Determined and named by T. A. Conrad. Report on the agriculture and geology of Mississippi 289
Belongs to Galeodea according to A. G. Beu 2005
See also Beu et al. 1990, Conrad 1854, Conrad 1856, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Kellogg 1923
Sister taxa: Doliopsis tricarinatum, Galeodea aegyptiaca, Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea californica, Galeodea crescentensis, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea louella, Galeodea megacephala, Galeodea meganosensis, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria desori, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeoocorys leucodoma
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Eocene of United States (11: Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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