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Semicassis aldrichi

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis (Phalium) aldrichi was named by Dall (1890). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Semicassis (Tylocassis) aldrichi by Gardner (1947) and Woodring (1959); it was recombined as Phalium (Tylocassis) aldrichi by Abbott (1968); it was recombined as Semicassis aldrichi by Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. denseplicata, S. tostoma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cassis (Phalium) aldrichi Dall p. 162
1947Semicassis (Tylocassis) aldrichi Gardner p. 536
1959Semicassis (Tylocassis) aldrichi Woodring p. 199
1968Phalium (Tylocassis) aldrichi Abbott p. 163
2010Semicassis aldrichi Beu p. 246

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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
genusSemicassisMörch 1852
speciesaldrichi(Dall 1890)

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.

†Semicassis aldrichi Dall 1890
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.44000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Semicassis aldrichi (41832 132319)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Semicassis aldrichi (42615 42618)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Semicassis aldrichi (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Semicassis aldrichi (35018 42250 89575 92558)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Semicassis aldrichi (80018)