Metula cancellata Gabb 1873 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Perissityidae

Belongs to Metula according to E. J. Petuch 1988

See also Maury 1917, Olsson 1922 and Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Metula (Metula), Metula amosi, Metula brazosensis, Metula gabbi, Metula gentilicia, Metula gracilis, Metula harrisi, Metula harrisi, Metula hindsii, Metula johnsoni, Metula limonensis, Metula martini, Metula peruviana, Metula roberti, Metula subgracilis, Metula taylorensis

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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