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) obesa, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) ovata, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) penita, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) pinguis, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) xenia, Cancellaria torula
Type specimen: USNM 6438883, 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:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (2 collections)
• Miocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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