Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Galeodea sutterensis meganosensis
Belongs to Galeodea (Gomphopages) according to R. L. Squires 1987
See also Durham 1942, Hendy 2020 and Squires 2019
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 petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeoocorys leucodoma, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria desori
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.
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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