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Galeodea sutterensis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea sutterensis was named by Dickerson (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1853, Marysville Buttes, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Capay Formation of California.

It was recombined as Galeodea (Gomphopages) sutterensis by Durham (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. apodemetes, G. dubia, G. elongata, G. geniculosa, G. modesta, G. klingeri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Galeodea sutterensis Dickerson
1926Galeodea sutterensis Schenck p. 84 figs. Plate 15, figures 1 and 2
1926Galeodea susanae Schenck p. 85 figs. pl. 15, figs. 3-7
1927Galeodea sutterensis Clark and Woodford p. 113 figs. Pl 19, fig 21
1938Galeodea susanae Turner p. 92
1938Galeodea sutterensis Turner p. 92
1942Galeodea (Gomphopages) susanae Durham p. 184
1942Galeodea (Gomphopages) sutterensis Durham p. 184
1984Galeodea (Gomphopages) susanae Squires p. 27 figs. Figure 7k
2019Galeodea sutterensis Squires p. 7 figs. 3E - 3M

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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
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusGaleodeaLink 1807
speciessutterensis

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.

†Galeodea sutterensis Dickerson 1916
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Invalid names: Galeodea susanae Schenck 1926 [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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Galeodea sutterensis (200796 200802)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Galeodea gallica (177611) Galeodea sutterensis (52428 type locality: 122337)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Galeodea susanae (8011)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Galeodea susanae (111552 111555)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Galeodea susanae (201033 201040 201041) Galeodea sutterensis (200912)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Galeodea susanae (200718 200721)