Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Phalium brevicostatum
Belongs to Cassis according to Conrad 1834
Sister taxa: Cassis (Cassis), Cassis (Hypocassis), Cassis (Morionella), Cassis (Sassia), Cassis altispira, Cassis avellana, Cassis birmanica, Cassis carinata, Cassis cornuta, Cassis costulifera, Cassis delta, Cassis depressior, Cassis fimbriata, Cassis flammea, Cassis flintensis, Cassis floridensis, Cassis glaucoides, Cassis herklotsi, Cassis ketteri, Cassis maccormacki, Cassis madagascariensis, Cassis mamillaris, Cassis mammillaris, Cassis norai, Cassis nummulitiphila, Cassis retusa, Cassis subtuberosa, Cassis sulcifera, Cassis togata, Cassis tuberosa, Cassis vialensis, Cassidea birmanica
Subtaxa: Phalium brevicostatum creolum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (32: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas collections)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
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