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Echinophoria hadra

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy

Bathygalea (Miogalea) hadra was named by Woodring and Olsson (1957). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 562268, a shell.

It was recombined as Phalium (Echinophoria) hadrum by Abbott (1968); it was recombined as Echinophoria hadra by Beu (2008), Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

E. belgica, E. bicoronata, E. rondeleti, E. tritiberculata, Phalium cingulae, Phalium rondeleti, Phalium rondeleti, Semicassis apenes, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis bicoronata, Semicassis rondeleti, Semicassis tostoma

Synonyms

Cassis (Phalium) dalli was named by Anderson (1929). Its type specimen is CAS 4649, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon L), Tuberá Mtn [Los Perdices Shale], which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Los Perdices Shale Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Bathygalea (Miogalea) dalli by Woodring and Olsson (1957); it was replaced with Phalium (Echinophoria) andersoni by Abbott (1968) and Abbott (1968); it was replaced with Echinophoria hadra by Beu (2010).
Phalium (Echinophoria) andersoni was named by Abbott (1968). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Echinophoria hadra by Beu (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1929	Cassis (Phalium) dalli Anderson p. 141 figs. pl. 14, figs. 10-13
1957	Bathygalea (Miogalea) dalli Woodring and Olsson
1957	Bathygalea (Miogalea) hadra Woodring and Olsson p. 23 figs. pl. 8, figs. 1, 2
1968	Phalium (Echinophoria) andersoni Abbott p. 107 figs. pl. 89, figs. 1-2
1968	Phalium (Echinophoria) hadrum Abbott p. 107
2008	Echinophoria hadra Beu p. 371
2010	Echinophoria hadra Beu p. 243

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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	Echinophoria	Sacco 1890
species	hadra	(Woodring and Olsson 1957)

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 hadra Woodring and Olsson 1957

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Invalid names: Bathygalea (Miogalea) dalli Anderson 1929 [replaced], Phalium (Echinophoria) andersoni Abbott 1968 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.45000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Colombia	Cassis dalli (88330) Echinophoria andersoni (131222)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Venezuela (Falcón)	Echinophoria hadra (96434)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Echinophoria hadra (100047 100048 100049 100050 100051 100052 100053)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Colombia	Echinophoria andersoni (131220)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	Bathygalea sp. (61347) Echinophoria hadra (135828)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Panama (Bocas)	Echinophoria hadra (61346 111214 135887 135889 135944)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Panama	Bathygalea hadra (60702)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Echinophoria hadra (89564)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela	Echinophoria hadra (96486 131317)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Panama (Bocas)	Echinophoria hadra (79858 79859 136632)