Cancilla Swainson 1840 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Alternative spelling: Mitra (Cancilla)

Parent taxon: Imbricariinae according to A. Fedosov et al. 2018

See also Davoli 2000, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Vredenburg 1925 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Austroimbricaria, Imbricaria, Neocancilla, Scabricola, Swainsonia

Subtaxa: Cancilla (Cancilla) Cancilla (Domiporta) Cancilla arntzenii Cancilla bronni Cancilla filaris Cancilla hirosei Cancilla isabella Cancilla rembangensis

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Djibouti (1 collection), United States (1: Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene of Italy (1), Japan (1), Portugal (1)

• Miocene of Indonesia (1), Italy (1), Japan (4), Pakistan (1)

• Oligocene of Oman (1)

Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences

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