Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Alternative spelling: Cassis (Cypraecassis)
Parent taxon: Cassinae according to A. G. Beu 2010
See also Beu 2005, Schenck 1926, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Vredenburg 1925 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Cassis, Galeodea, Microsconsia, Sconsia
Subtaxa: Cypraecassis (Cypraecassis) Cypraecassis (Levenia) Cypraecassis cantaurana Cypraecassis chipolana Cypraecassis coarctata Cypraecassis tenuis Cypraecassis testiculus Cypraecassis wilmae
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cuba (1 collection), Ecuador (2), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (5), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (10), France (1), Grenada (1), India (1), Italy (3), Poland (1), Romania (1), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (6)
Total: 49 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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