ammonites
Cassidaria cheops Abbass 1967 (snail)

Gastropoda - Tonnoidea - 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: Galeodea allani, Galeodea bicatenata, Galeodea depressa, Galeodea echinophora, Galeodea koureos, Galeodea leucodoma, Galeodea megacephala, Galeodea planotecta, Cassidaria khaledi, Cassidaria desori, Cassidaria javana, Galeodea (Caliagaleodea) californica, Galeodea (Gomphopages) turneri, Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica, Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa

Type specimen: G440, a shell.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell 25.0 x 18.0