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Cassis brevicostatus

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy

Cassis brevicostatus was named by Conrad (1834).

It was recombined as Phalium brevicostatum by Harris and Palmer (1947).

Subspecies

Phalium brevicostatum creolum

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. abbreviatus, C. achatina, C. ambigua, C. calentica, C. elegans, C. globosa, C. inornatus, C. jameshoubricki, C. mammilaris, C. mombasana, C. nilotica, C. postmamillaris, C. schnirei, C. striata, C. sulcata, C. tessellata, C. testiculus, C. togata, C. umbgrovei, C. undulata, C. postmamillaris, C. salisburyensis, C. saburon, C. strigata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1834	Cassis brevicostatus Conrad
1947	Phalium brevicostatum Harris and Palmer p. 328

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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	Cassinae	Latreille 1825
genus	Cassis	Scopoli 1777
species	brevicostatus	Conrad 1834

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.

†Cassis brevicostatus Conrad 1834

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†Phalium brevicostatum creolum Harris and Palmer 1947

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Texas)	Phalium brevicostatum (90455)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Mississippi)	Phalium brevicostatum (99673)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	Phalium brevicostatum (2441 2453 2454)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Louisiana)	Phalium brevicostatum (91115 92381 92386 98787)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Mississippi)	Phalium brevicostatum (2434 2436 2438 2444 2446 2449 2451 90706 90707 90708 90709 91050 99734 99736 99755 205508 232677)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Texas)	Phalium brevicostatum (205264 205410 205429 205480 205481 205485)