Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Cassis aegyptiaca
Belongs to Galeodea according to F. E. Eames 1952
Sister taxa: Doliopsis tricarinatum, Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea californica, Galeodea crescentensis, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea louella, Galeodea megacephala, Galeodea meganosensis, Galeodea petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Cassidaria khaledi, Galeodea (Cassidaria) kouriatchyi, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria desori, Cassidaria lintea, Galeoocorys leucodoma
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Pakistan (2 collections), Somalia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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