Gymnentome Cossmann 1909 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae

Alternative spelling: Cassiope (Gymnentome)

Parent taxon: Cassiopidae according to B. E. Buitrón-Sánchez and Y. López-Tinajero 1995

See also Allison 1955, Dockery 1993, Kase 1984 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bicarinella, Cassiope, Coninoda, Glauconia, Glauconiella, Hexaglauconia, Mennessieria, Mesoglauconia, Paraglauconia, Pseudoglauconia

Subtaxa: Cassiope (Gymnentome) gwynae Gymnentome unicarinata

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (4 collections), United States (20: Mississippi, Texas)

Total: 24 collections including 27 occurrences

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