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Echinophoria caelatura

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis caelatura was named by Conrad (1830). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi.

It was recombined as Mariacassis caelatum by Petuch (1988); it was recombined as Mariacassis caleata by Petuch (1988); it was recombined as Echinophoria caelatura by Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Cassis caelatura Conrad
1848Cassis caelatura Conrad p. 288
1988Mariacassis caleata Petuch p. 17
1988Mariacassis caelatum Petuch p. 22
2010Echinophoria caelatura Beu p. 243

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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
genusEchinophoriaSacco 1890
speciescaelatura(Conrad 1830)

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.

Echinophoria caelatura Conrad 1830
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Diagnosis
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