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Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Morio (Sconsia) tuberculatus was named by Gabb (1864) [ANSP 4343 lectotype designated by Stewart 1927]. Its type specimen is ANSP 4343 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Morio tuberculatus by Weaver (1912); it was recombined as Cassidaria tuberculata by Dickerson (1914); it was recombined as Coalingodea tuberculiformis by Durham (1942); it was recombined as Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis by Givens and Kennedy (1979), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1999); it was misspelled as Galeodea tuberculata by Weaver and Palmer (1922); it was recombined as Galeodea tuberculiformis by Hanna (1924), Stewart (1927), Squires (2019).

Subspecies
Morio tuberculatus trituberculatus
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cassidea oligocatlantica, Cassis saburon, Cassis strigata, P. acquisulcatum, P. acquisulcatum, P. caelatura, P. glabratum, P. globosum, P. inflatum, P. johnsoni, P. labiata, P. multilineata, P. murryi, P. newbernensis, P. reklawensis, P. striagtum, P. torquatum, P. zeylanicum, P. flammiferum, P. rondeleti, P. rondeleti, P. cingulae, P. bicoronatum, P. bonneti, P. booleyi, P. reklawensis, P. reklawensis, P. rondeleti, P. 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 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
Entered
by J. Marcot on 2019-03-20; modified by J. Marcot on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Morio (Sconsia) tuberculatus Gabb figs. pl. 19, fig. 57
1912Morio tuberculatus Weaver p. 39
1914Cassidaria tuberculata Dickerson p. 84
1922Galeodea tuberculata Weaver and Palmer p. 37
1924Galeodea tuberculiformis Hanna p. 167
1927Galeodea tuberculiformis Stewart pp. 380 - 381 figs. Plate XXVIII, flg. 11
1942Coalingodea tuberculiformis Durham p. 186
1979Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis Givens and Kennedy p. 95
1984Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis Squires p. 27 figs. Figure 7l
1987Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis Squires p. 40 fig. 50
1999Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis Squires p. 19 figs. Figure 37
2019Galeodea tuberculiformis Squires p. 9 figs. Figs. 4D–H

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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
genusPhaliumMörch 1852
subgenusSemicassis
speciestuberculiformis()

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.

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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: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Uintan or 66.00000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Cassidaria tuberculata (190773)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Phalium tuberculiformis (201247 207315)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Phalium tuberculiformis (8011 8014 200143 200144 200289 200849)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Coalingodea tuberculiformis (94827) Phalium tuberculiformis (8012 8013 8015 178777 200720 200724 200737 200738 200743 200745 200749 200750 200754 200755 200845 201261 201697 201702 207156 207158 207175 207179)
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Phalium tuberculiformis (200756)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Morio tuberculatus (139020)