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Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy

Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica was named by Vredenburg (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Pakistan.]. Its type specimen is Unknown number, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. echinophoria, C. oligocatlantica, Cassis saburon, Cassis strigata, Phalium bicoronatum, Phalium bonneti, Phalium booleyi, Phalium reklawensis, Phalium reklawensis, Phalium rondeleti, Phalium sculptum, Phallium vavukuana, Phallum miolaevigatum, Semicassis ambigua, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis caelatura, Semicassis centiquadratus, Semicassis denseplicata, Semicassis grateloupi, Semicassis japonica, Semicassis kanmonensis, Semicassis laevigata, Semicassis marcusi, Semicassis oligocatlantica, Semicassis reticulata, Semicassis saburon, Semicassis senna, Semicassis subgranulosa, Semicassis subsulcosa, Semicassis tuberculifera, Semicassis undulata, Semicassis variabilis, Semicassis muelleri, Semicassis apenes, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis rondeleti, Semicassis tostoma, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis grateloupi, Semicassis iniolaevigata, Semicassis laevigata, Semicassis laevigatum, Semicassis subsulcosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica Vredenburg pp. 267-268 figs. pl. 3, figs. 7-9

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Tonnoidea	(Suter 1913)
family	Cassidae	Latreille 1825
subfamily	Phaliinae	Beu 1981
genus	Cassidea	Mörch 1852
subgenus	Semicassis
species	mekranica

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.

†Cassidea (Semicassis) mekranica Vredenburg 1925

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	India	Semicassis mekranica (72083)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Pakistan	Cassidea mekranica (77133)