Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Alternative spelling: Cancellaria (Coptostoma)
Parent taxon: Cancellariinae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Addicott 1970, Harris and Palmer 1947 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapepta, Aphera, Axelella, Bivetiella, Bivetopsia, Cancellaria, Cancelrana, Euclia, Fusiaphera, Gergovia, Inglisella, Maorivetia, Marianarona, Mariasveltia, Massyla, Narona, Oamaruia, Pepta, Pezantia, Pisanella, Plesiocerithium, Pristimerica, Pyruclia, Sveltella, Sydaphera, Tatara, Ventrilia, Vercomaris
Subtaxa: Cancellaria (Coptostoma) posunculensis Coptostoma punjabense Coptostoma rakhiense Coptostoma ulmulum
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Eocene of Antarctica (2), Pakistan (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Greenland (2)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
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