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Echinophoria dalli

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea dalli was named by Dickerson (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Washington.]. Its type specimen is CAS 419, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.

It was recombined as Trachydolium dalli by Howe (1926); it was recombined as Phalium (Echinophoria) dalli by Abbott (1968); it was recombined as Echinophoria dalli by Durham (1942), Durham (1944), Beu (2008), Beu (2010), Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Galeodea dalli Dickerson p. 176 figs. PI. 30, Figs. 8a and 8b
1926Trachydolium dalli Howe
1926Galeodea dalli Schenck p. 86
1938Galeodea dalli Effinger p. 382
1942Echinophoria dalli Durham p. 185
1944Echinophoria dalli Durham p. 166
1968Phalium (Echinophoria) dalli Abbott p. 107
2008Echinophoria dalli Beu p. 362
2010Echinophoria dalli Beu p. 243
2020Echinophoria dalli Hendy

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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
subfamilyPhaliinaeBeu 1981
genusEchinophoriaSacco 1890
speciesdalli()

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.

†Echinophoria dalli Dickerson 1917
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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: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Galeodea dalli (4900)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Echinophoria dalli (91606 91607) Galeodea dalli (40733)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Echinophoria dalli (39946 39947 39948 39951 39952 40182 40185 40186 40190 40193 40194 40197 40198 40199 40202 40204)