Pyruclia Olsson 1932 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative spellings: Cancellaria (Peruclia), Cancellaria (Pyruclia)

Parent taxon: Cancellariinae according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Addicott 1970, Jung and Petit 1990, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Landau et al. 2007, Olsson 1964, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1970

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, Sveltella, Sydaphera, Tatara, Ventrilia, Vercomaris

Subtaxa: Cancellaria (Pyruclia) bulbulus Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens Cancellaria (Pyruclia) lickana Cancellaria (Pyruclia) macneili Cancellaria (Pyruclia) spatiosa Pyruclia auriculaperta Pyruclia casicalva Pyruclia lacondamini Pyruclia pycta Pyruclia scheibei Pyruclia schucherti Pyruclia solida Pyruclia telemba Pyruclia tweedledee Pyruclia tweedledum Pyruclia uva

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Colombia (6), Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (3), Venezuela (2)

• Miocene of Colombia (9), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (6), Panama (31), Puerto Rico (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)

Total: 66 collections including 74 occurrences

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