Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative combination: Cassis pyrum
Belongs to Semicassis according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Wilson 2002
Sister taxa: Cassidea (Semicassis) bituminata, Cassidea (Semicassis) calantica, Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica, Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis, Cassidea (Semicassis) vandervierki, Phalium (Semicassis) marcusi, Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata, Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis, Semicassis (Antephalium), Semicassis (Semicassis), Semicassis aldrichi, Semicassis angasi, Semicassis bisulcata, Semicassis centiquadrata, Semicassis deneseplicata, Semicassis faurotis, Semicassis granulata, Semicassis harpaeformis, Semicassis labiata, Semicassis monilifera, Semicassis oligocalantica, Semicassis ovulum, Semicassis pyshtensis, Semicassis reclusa, Semicassis sculpta, Semicassis senni, Phalium (Tylocassis) sulcosum, Semicassis (Tylocassis) maleaformis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Ascot Formation (younger), Perth Basin (Pliocene of Australia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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