Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Full reference: B. Landau, R. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2007. The Pliocene Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Cubagua Formation (Cerro Negro Member) from Cubagua Island, with a new species from the Miocene Cantaure Formation, Venezuela. The Veliger 49(1)
Belongs to Cancellaria (Bivetiella) according to B. Landau et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Bivetiella bajonensis, Bivetiella dariena, Bivetiella dilatata, Bivetiella epistomifera, Bivetiella gabbiana, Bivetiella similis, Cancellaria (Bivetiella) cancellata
Type specimen: MOBR-M-3361, a shell. Its type locality is Cantaure Formation (unspecified localities), which is in a Burdigalian transition zone/lower shoreface siliciclastic in the Cantaure Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cantaure Formation (unspecified localities)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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