Massyla corpulenta Landau et al. 2012 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Full reference: B. D. Landau, R. E. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2012. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas del Toro region, Panama, with the description of seven new species. Journal of Paleontology 86(2):311-339

Belongs to Massyla according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Landau et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Massyla) jadisi, Cancellaria (Massyla) runchaena, Cancellaria (Massyla) shirleyae, Massyla cantaurana, Massyla corrugata, Massyla cubaguaensis, Massyla cumingiana, Massyla distinguenda, Massyla emilyvokesae, Massyla lopezana, Massyla obtusa, Massyla perdiciana, Massyla propevenusta, Massyla terryi, Massyla toulai, Massyla venusta

Type specimen: NMB H19626, a shell. Its type locality is PPP# 1883 - Finger Island [Nancy Point Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal siltstone in the Nancy Point Formation of Panama.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at PPP# 1883 - Finger Island [Nancy Point Fm]

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