Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Full reference: R. E. Petit. 1967. Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 5:217-218
Parent taxon: Cancellariidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Jung and Petit 1990, Petit 1967, Petit 1970, Petit 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Admete, Admetinae, Admetula, Aneurystoma, Babylonella, Calcarata, Cancellariinae, Caveola, Contortia, Egerea, Hertleinia, Mataxa, Neadmete, Perplicaria, Plesiotritoninae, Rhomboidestoma, Semitriton, Sveltia, Tribia, Trigonaphera, Trigonostoma, Tritonoharpa, Turehua, Unitas
Subtaxa: Agatrix agassizii Agatrix beatrix Agatrix epomis Agatrix losquemadica Agatrix strongi
Type: Cancellaria agassizii
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (3), Jamaica (2), Panama (7), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (4)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (9), Ecuador (1), Panama (3), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (17: Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
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