Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Alternative combination: Cancellaria juncta
Full reference: P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144
Belongs to Cancellaria (Cancellaria) according to B. Landau et al. 2007
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) 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: NMB H 17297, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1358, Rio Gurabo [Cercado Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siliciclastic in the Cercado Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (8)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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