Cancilla Swainson 1840 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Alternative spelling: Mitra (Cancilla)

Parent taxon: Imbricariinae according to F. Davoli 2000

See also Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1925 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Austroimbricaria, Imbricaria, Neocancilla, Subcancilla

Subtaxa: Cancilla (Cancilla) Cancilla (Domiporta) Cancilla (Ziba) Cancilla arntzenii Cancilla bronni Cancilla filaris Cancilla hirosei Cancilla praestantissima Cancilla rembangensis Cancilla scrobiculata Mitra (Cancilla) flammea

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Type: Tiara isabella

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), Fiji (1), Taiwan (4), United States (1: Hawaii)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Guam (1), Malaysia (2)

• Pliocene of Greece (2), India (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Greece (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Pakistan (2), Romania (1), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (1)

Total: 34 collections including 42 occurrences

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