Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Parent taxon: Cancellariinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Hickman 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapepta, Aphera, Axelella, Bivetiella, Bivetopsia, Cancellaria, Cancelrana, Coptostoma, Euclia, Fusiaphera, Gergovia, Inglisella, Maorivetia, Marianarona, Mariasveltia, Massyla, Narona, Oamaruia, Pepta, Pezantia, Pisanella, Plesiocerithium, Pristimerica, Pyruclia, Sydaphera, Tatara, Ventrilia, Vercomaris
Subtaxa: Sveltella arenaria Sveltella carinata Sveltella exiliplex Sveltella keaseyesis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (10), United States (21: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Denmark (5), Greenland (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 39 collections including 48 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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