Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Parent taxon: Cassidae according to A. G. Beu 2008
See also Beu 2005, Beu 2010, Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2005, Ponder and Warén 1988 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Casmaria, Cassinae, Ceiba, Doliocassis, Oocorythinae, Sconsodolium, Coalingodea, Liracassis, Oniscidea, Haydenia
Subtaxa: Echinophoria Kahua Phalium Semicassis
Type: Phalium
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Ecuador (2), Fiji (1), India (1), Italy (2), Japan (4), Kenya (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (4), Panama (5), Portugal (2), South Africa (2), Spain (2), Taiwan (1), United States (7: Florida, Louisiana), Vanuatu (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Guam (1), Malaysia (3)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Chile (3), Costa Rica (6), the Dominican Republic (6), Ecuador (10), Fiji (2), India (1), Indonesia (2), Italy (2), Jamaica (5), Japan (4), New Zealand (1), Panama (11), Papua New Guinea (1), Spain (5), United States (1: Oregon), Venezuela (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (3), Austria (1), Belgium (8), Brazil (2), Chile (11), Colombia (4), Costa Rica (2), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (60), Fiji (2), France (5), Germany (28), Greece (2), Grenada (7), Guam (1), India (6), Indonesia (1), Iran (1), Italy (12), Japan (3), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (12), Pakistan (3), Panama (34), Poland (1), Romania (1), Sri Lanka (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (8: Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (5)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Denmark (5), Germany (1), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), Pakistan (2), Panama (4), United States (15: Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Washington)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), Egypt (1), France (2), Jamaica (1), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (87: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 476 collections including 534 occurrences