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Liracassis rex

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Galeodea rex was named by Tegland (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 681, Restoratino Point, Bainbridge Island, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in the Blakeley Formation of Washington.

It was recombined as Echinophoria rex by Durham (1942), Durham (1944); it was recombined as Liracassis rex by Moore (1963), Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Galeodea rex Tegland
1942Echinophoria rex Durham p. 185
1944Echinophoria rex Durham p. 166
1963Liracassis rex Moore p. 30
2020Liracassis rex Hendy

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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
genusLiracassis
speciesrex(Tegland 1931)

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.

†Liracassis rex Tegland 1931
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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 Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Echinophoria rex (205215)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Echinophoria rex (91614 91615 208161) Galeodea rex (40736 52356 52362)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Echinophoria rex (208151 208152 208155 208156)