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Phalium paraensis

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis paraensis was named by Maury (1934) [Original genus placement uncertain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Phalium paraensis by Petuch (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. newbernensis, P. reklawensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cassis paraensis Maury
1988Phalium paraensis Petuch p. 101

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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
genusPhaliumLink 1807
speciesparaensis()

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.

†Phalium paraensis Maury 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available