Sassia radialis Tate 1888 (triton shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae

Alternative combinations: Austrotriton radialis, Triton radialis

Full reference: R. Tate. 1888. The gastropods of the older Tertiary of Australia (Part 1). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Australia 10:91-171

Belongs to Sassia according to A. G. Beu 2010

See also Cossmann 1903 and Tate 1888

Sister taxa: Charonia (Sassia) angusta, Charonia (Sassia) danica, Sassia (Byramia), Sassia (Personella), Sassia (Sassia), Sassia africana, Sassia apenninica, Sassia armata, Sassia carlea, Sassia carmenensis, Sassia indica, Sassia kampyla, Sassia leucostomoides, Sassia lewisi, Sassia melpangi, Sassia morgani, Sassia nigeriana, Sassia nucleoides, Sassia parvula, Sassia philomelae, Sassia tatei, Sassia warreni, Proxicharonia palmeri, Austrotriton protensus, Austrotriton cyphus, Austrotriton gibbus, Austrotriton woodsii, Austrotriton textilis, Austrotriton tumulosus, Austrosassia tortirostris, Austrosassia crassicostatus, Austrosassia abbotti, Austrosassia annectans

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dry Creek Sands - Weymouth's Bore, Adelaide (Miocene of Australia)

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