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Cassis maccormacki

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassidea maccormacki was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lagunitas [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Cassis maccormacki by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Cassidea maccormacki Olsson p. 121 figs. pl. 17, figs. 5, 6
2008Cassis maccormacki Hendy et al.

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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
genusCassisScopoli 1777
speciesmaccormacki()

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 maccormacki Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available