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Cassinae

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cassinae Latreille
1993Cassinae Wilson p. 229
2005Cassinae Beu p. 33
2008Cassinae Beu p. 286
2010Cassinae Beu
2010Cassinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 50

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

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.

Subfm. †Cassinae Latreille 1825
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G. Cassis Scopoli 1777
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Subg. Cassis (Cassis) Scopoli 1777
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†Cassis (Cassis) anwari Abbass 1967
Subg. Cassis (Hypocassis) Iredale 1927
Subg. †Cassis (Morionella) Dall 1909
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Invalid names: Cassis cancellata Lamarck 1803 [synonym]
Subg. Cassis (Sassia) Bellardi 1872
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†Cassis (Sassia) yehiai Abbass 1967
†Cassis altispira Beu 2010
†Cassis avellana Brongniart 1822
†Cassis birmanica Vredenburg 1921
†Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834
†Cassis carinata Bruguière 1792
Cassis cornuta Linnaeus 1758
†Cassis costulifera Beu 2010
†Cassis delta Parker 1948
†Cassis depressior Martin 1879
†Cassis fimbriata Quoy 1833
Cassis flammea Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cassis alba Perry 1811 [synonym], Cassis marmorata Röding 1798 [synonym]
†Cassis flintensis Mansfield 1940
†Cassis floridensis Tucker and Wilson 1932
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Invalid names: Cassis schnireli Petuch 1994 [synonym]
†Cassis glaucoides Martin 1879
†Cassis herklotsi Martin 1879
†Cassis ketteri Parodiz and Tripp 1992
†Cassis maccormacki Olsson 1928
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Invalid names: Cassis cameo Stimpson 1860 [invalid subgroup], Cassis spinella Clench 1944 [synonym]
†Cassis mamillaris Grateloup 1847
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†Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927
Cassis norai Prati Musetti 1995
†Cassis nummulitiphila Sacco 1890
†Cassis retusa Michelotti 1861
†Cassis subtuberosa Hanna 1926
†Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
†Cassis togata White 1887
Cassis tuberosa Linnaeus 1758
†Cassis vialensis Fuchs 1870
†Phalium brevicostatum creolum Harris and Palmer 1947
Invalid names: Cassidea Bruguière 1792 [synonym], Goniogalea Morch 1857 [synonym], Nannocassis Iredale 1927 [synonym]
G. Cypraecassis Stuchburry 1837
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Subg. Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) Stuchburry 1837
Subg. Cypraecassis (Levenia) Gray 1847
†Cypraecassis chipolana Duerr 2001
Cypraecassis wilmae Kreipl and Alf 2000
G. Galeodea Link 1807
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†Galeodea aegyptiaca Oppenheim 1906
†Galeodea allani Finlay and Marwick 1937
Galeodea bicatenata Sowerby 1815
†Galeodea californica Clark 1942
†Galeodea crescentensis Weaver and Palmer 1922
†Galeodea depressa Buch 1831
Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Echinora tuberosa Schumacher 1817 [synonym]
†Galeodea koureos Gardner 1939
†Galeodea louella Squires and Advocate 1986
†Galeodea megacephala Philippi 1843
†Galeodea meganosensis Vokes 1939
†Galeodea petersoni Conrad 1854
†Galeodea petrosa Conrad 1855
†Galeodea planotecta Meyer and Aldrich 1886
†Galeodea sutterensis Dickerson 1916
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Invalid names: Galeodea susanae Schenck 1926 [synonym]
†Galeodea wylliei Marwick 1931
†Mambrinia planotecta jacksonia Harris and Palmer 1947
Invalid names: Caliagaleodea Clark 1942 [synonym], Cassidaria Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Doliopsis tricarinatum Conrad 1865 [nomen nudum], Echinora Schumacher 1817 [synonym], Galeodaria Conrad 1865 [synonym], Galeoocorys Kuroda and Habe 1957 [synonym], Gomphopages Gardner 1939 [synonym], Mambrinia Gardner 1939 [synonym], Morio Montfort 1810 [synonym], Taieria Finlay and Marwick 1937 [synonym]
G. Microsconsia Beu 2008
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G. Sconsia Gray 1847
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Subg. Sconsia (Sconsia) Gray 1847
†Sconsia augustana Wrigley 1934
†Sconsia beyrichi Michelotti 1861
†Sconsia cocleana Olsson 1922
†Sconsia felix Maury 1934
†Sconsia grayi Adams 1855
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Invalid names: Cassidaria (Sconsia) striata Lamarck 1816 [replaced], Cassidaria sublaevigata Guppy 1866 [synonym], Sconsia barbudensis Higgins and Marrat 1887 [synonym], Sconsia bocasensis Olsson 1922 [synonym], Sconsia gabbi Olsson 1922 [synonym], Sconsia lindae Petuch 1987 [synonym]
†Sconsia hodgii Conrad 1841
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Invalid names: Sconsia metae Petuch 1994 [synonym]
†Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850
†Sconsia lintea Conrad 1848
†Sconsia paralaevigata Gardner 1947
†Sconsia prolongata Petuch 1994
Invalid names: Galeodosconsia Sacco 1890 [synonym], Morionassa Sacco 1890 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (595 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Galeodea sp. (94265)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Galeodea klingeri (47109)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Cassidaria sp. (39620)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Cassidaria mirabilis (3161 63518) Cassidaria mirablis (63513)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Cassidaria miabilis (3157) Cassidaria mirabilis (3158)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Cassidaria truncata (27822)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Cassidaria mirabilis (3166 3169)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Cassidaria elongata (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) Galeodea mirabilis (73922 73988)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt Cassidaria sp. (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica (Seymour Island) Cassis sp. (8019)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Galeodea elongata (177724)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Galeodea sp., Galeodea sp. A (52196)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) Cassis sp. (63516)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Cassidaria elongata (35264 35265 35266 35267 51500)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand Taieria allani (64700)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Cassis togata (80170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Galeodea koureos (101126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Galeodea koureos (92352)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Galeodea sp. B (91859)