Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1964. Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador
Belongs to Cancellaria (Cancellaria) according to A. A. Olsson 1964
Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) barretti, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cominella, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) coronadoensis, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) defuniak, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dolioides, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) guppyi, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) harrisi, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) hodsonae, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) jijipana, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) mauryae, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) metuloides, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) obesa, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) penita, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) pinguis, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) xenia, Cancellaria torula
Type specimen: USNM 643864, a shell. Its type locality is Punta Gorda [Esmeraldas Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone/sandstone in the Esmeraldas Formation of Ecuador.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ecuador (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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