Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Belongs to Galeodea according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
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 petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeoocorys leucodoma, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Cassidaria desori, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria cheops, Galeodea (Cassidaria) kouriatchyi, Cassidaria khaledi
Type specimen: UCMP 31244. Its type locality is UCMP 3152, Deer Valley, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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