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Echinophoria

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Echinophoria was named by Sacco (1890) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 96]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Semicassis (Echinophoria) by Marasti (1973); it was reranked as Phalium (Echinophoria) by Abbott (1968) and Garvie (2013).

It was assigned to Cassididae by Durham (1944) and Kanno (1973); to Semicassis by Marasti (1973); to Cassidae by Hickman (1980) and Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Phaliinae by Beu et al. (1990), Wilson (1993), Beu (2005), Beu (2008) and Beu (2010); and to Phalium by Abbott (1968) and Garvie (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Echinophoria Sacco
1926Euspinacassis Finlay
1926Trachydolium Howe p. 303
1944Echinophoria Durham p. 166
1949Shichiheia Hatai and Nisiyama p. 93
1957Bathygalea Woodring and Olsson p. 22
1957Miogalea Woodring and Olsson p. 22
1957Bathygalea (Miogalea) Woodring and Olsson p. 23
1968Phalium (Echinophoria) Abbott p. 107
1973Echinophoria Kanno p. 223
1973Semicassis (Echinophoria) Marasti p. 89
1977Bathygalea Ladd p. 30
1980Echinophoria Hickman p. 41
1988Mariacassis Petuch p. 17
1990Echinophoria Beu et al. p. 410
1993Echinophoria Wilson p. 232
2001Echinophoria Todd
2002Bathygalea Sepkoski
2002Echinophoria Sepkoski
2002Mariacassia Sepkoski
2005Echinophoria Beu p. 45
2008Echinophoria Beu p. 362
2010Echinophoria Beu p. 242
2013Phalium (Echinophoria) Garvie pp. 141 - 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyPhaliinaeBeu 1981
genusEchinophoriaSacco 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.

G. Echinophoria Sacco 1890
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Echinophoria caelatura Conrad 1830
Echinophoria carnosa Kuroda and Habe 1961
Echinophoria dalli Dickerson 1917
Echinophoria etchuensis Hatai and Nisiyama 1949
Echinophoria famulans Jung 1971
Echinophoria fax Tegland 1931
Echinophoria hadra Woodring and Olsson 1957
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Invalid names: Bathygalea (Miogalea) dalli Anderson 1929 [replaced], Phalium (Echinophoria) andersoni Abbott 1968 [synonym]
Echinophoria intermedium Brocchi 1814
Echinophoria pilsbryi Woodring and Olsson 1957
Echinophoria pollens Finlay 1926
Echinophoria woodringi Olsson 1964
Invalid names: Bathygalea Woodring and Olsson 1957 [synonym], Euspinacassis Finlay 1926 [synonym], Mariacassis Petuch 1988 [synonym], Miogalea Woodring and Olsson 1957 [synonym], Shichiheia Hatai and Nisiyama 1949 [synonym], Trachydolium Howe 1926 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Gelasian or 47.80000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Phalium cingulae (205533)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Washington) Galeodea fax (40735)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) E. trituberculata (52205) Galeodea trituberculata (36866 203164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand Euspinacassis sp. (67589)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) E. dalli (39946 39947 39948 39951 39952 40182 40185 40186 40190 40193 40194 40197 40198 40199 40202 40204)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) E. dalli (91606 91607) E. tritiberculata (202067) Galeodea dalli, Galeodea fax (40733)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) Galeodea dalli (4900)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Washington) Galeodea fax (40734)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Cassis caelatura (84137)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany E. rondeleti (95898)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Semicassis apenes (42577) Semicassis sp. (42569 42571 42573)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark E. rondeleti (234515) Phalium rondeleti (111472 111474 111475)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Semicassis tostoma (93039 93040)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Cassis dalli (88330) E. andersoni (131222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) Euspinacassis muricata (35652) Euspinacassis sp. (35659)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada Bathygalea famulans (58644) Bathygalea sp. (58652) E. famulans (111216)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Semicassis bicoronata (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Semicassis bicoronata (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Semicassis bicoronata (62899 62903 62939 62944)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Semicassis rondeleti (70191)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany E. bicoronata, E. belgica (111599) E. sp. (164945)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Bio-Bio) E. sp. (46979)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) E. hadra (96434)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Euspinacassis emilyae (67896 67899)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan E. etchuensis (44960 44961)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Semicassis bicoronata (186883 186884)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608New Zealand (Hawke's Bay) Euspinacassis toreuma (45175 45181 45182 45183)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Bathygalea famulans (58667 58668 58671)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Semicassis bicoronata (61895 61896 61897 61898 61900 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62885 62886 62887 62889 62892)
Waiauan13.05 - 11.04New Zealand E. sp. (63089 63090)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Semicassis intermedia (78437 178120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama E. hadra (100047 100048 100049 100050 100051 100052 100053) E. sp. (82116)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Mariacassis caelatum (92325)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia E. andersoni (131220)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Bathygalea hadra (60702)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic E. hadra (89564)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Bathygalea sp. (61347) E. hadra (135828) E. sp. (135816)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) E. hadra (61346 111214 135887 135889 135944)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) E. woodringi (60770 60771 60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador E. woodringi (131293 131332 131333 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela E. hadra (96486 131317)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) E. hadra (79858 79859 136632)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Bathygalea sp. A (77937)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain E. intermedia (80558 80561 80562 80563)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Semicassis intermedia (178457)