Semicassis pyshtensis Addicott 1976 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Full reference: W.O. Addicott. 1976. Molluscan paleontology of the lower Miocene Clallam Formation, northwestern Washington. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 976:1-44

Belongs to Semicassis according to W.O. Addicott 1976

Sister taxa: Cassidea (Semicassis) bituminata, Cassidea (Semicassis) calantica, Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica, Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis, Cassidea (Semicassis) vandervierki, 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 pyrum, Semicassis reclusa, Semicassis sculpta, Semicassis senni, Semicassis (Tylocassis) maleaformis, Phalium (Tylocassis) sulcosum

Type specimen: USNM 215928

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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