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) esmeralda, 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 torula
Type specimen: USNM 643863, a shell. Its type locality is Telembi [Angostura Fm], which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal sandstone/conglomerate in the Angostura Formation of Ecuador.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Telembi [Angostura Fm]
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