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Cassis (Sassia)

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis (Sassia) was named by Bellardi (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 790]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cassis by Bellardi (1872), Abbass (1967).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Caronia flandrica, Cassis abbreviatus, Cassis achatina, Cassis ambigua, Cassis calentica, Cassis elegans, Cassis globosa, Cassis inornatus, Cassis jameshoubricki, Cassis mammilaris, Cassis mombasana, Cassis nilotica, Cassis postmamillaris, Cassis postmamillaris, Cassis saburon, Cassis salisburyensis, Cassis schnirei, Cassis striata, Cassis strigata, Cassis sulcata, Cassis tessellata, Cassis testiculus, Cassis togata, Cassis umbgrovei, Cassis undulata, Charonia antiqua, Charonia benoisti, Charonia bicincta, Charonia bjerringi, Charonia briarti, Charonia cnneata, Charonia colubrina, Charonia curtula, Charonia dumortieri, Charonia flandrica, Charonia flandrica, Charonia flandriea, Charonia formosa, Charonia mariae, Charonia multigrana, Charonia multigranifera, Charonia nodularia, Charonia planicostata, Charonia planisulcata, Charonia reticulosa, Charonia scabriuscula, Charonia simplicostata, Charonia striatula, Charonia tarbelliana, Charonia tritonea, Charonia tuberculosa, Charonia vincenti, Charonia viperina, Eutritonium permutabile, Sassia abbotti, Sassia abbreviata, Sassia antiqua, Sassia appeninica, Sassia arguta, Sassia arguta, Sassia bicegoi, Sassia bileneata, Sassia bjerringi, Sassia borsoni, Sassia conradiana, Sassia delafossei, Sassia expansa, Sassia faxense, Sassia fennemai, Sassia flandrica, Sassia foveolata, Sassia granosa, Sassia inornatum, Sassia laevigata, Sassia marwicki, Sassia monilifera, Sassia oligostira, Sassia pahaoaensis, Sassia rutoti, Sassia subspinosum, Sassia sussexiensis, Sassia tarbelliana, Sassia tortirostris, Sassia tuberculifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Cassis (Sassia) Bellardi
1967Cassis (Sassia) Abbass p. 85

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCassisScopoli 1777
subgenusSassiaBellardi 1872

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Cassis (Sassia) Bellardi 1872
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Cassis (Sassia) yehiai Abbass 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Sassia arguta (277558)