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Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy

Cassidea (Semicassis) ormarensis 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) ormarensis Vredenburg pp. 269-270 figs. pl. 10, fig. 4

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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	ormarensis

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) ormarensis 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available