Cassidaria cheops Abbass 1967 (snail)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae

Full reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154

Belongs to Cassidaria according to H. L. Abbass 1967

Sister taxa: Doliopsis tricarinatum, Galeodea aegyptiaca, Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea californica, Galeodea crescentensis, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea louella, Galeodea megacephala, Galeodea meganosensis, Galeodea petersoni, Galeodea petrosa, Galeodea planotecta, Galeodea sutterensis, Galeodea tuberculiformis, Galeodea wylliei, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Gomphopages) meganosensis, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Cassidaria lintea, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria washingtoniana, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria desori, Galeoocorys leucodoma

Type specimen: G440, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Egypt 10 (Fayium) (Eocene of Egypt)

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