Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1848. Observations on the Eocene formations, and descriptions of one hundred and five new fossils from that period, from the vicinity of Vicksburg, Mississippi; with an appendix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:280-299
Belongs to Cassidaria according to T. A. Conrad 1848
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) meganosensis, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Gomphopages) millsapsi, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeoocorys leucodoma, Cassidaria cheops, Cassidaria desori, Cassidaria javana, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria washingtoniana
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vicksburg, which is in a Rupelian marine marl in the Byram Marl Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Vicksburg
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