Massyla lopezana Jung and Petit 1990

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combination: Cancellaria (Massyla) lopezana

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 Massyla according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Landau et al. 2007 and Landau et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Massyla) jadisi, Cancellaria (Massyla) runchaena, Cancellaria (Massyla) shirleyae, Massyla cantaurana, Massyla corpulenta, Massyla corrugata, Massyla cubaguaensis, Massyla cumingiana, Massyla distinguenda, Massyla emilyvokesae, Massyla obtusa, Massyla perdiciana, Massyla propevenusta, Massyla terryi, Massyla toulai, Massyla venusta

Type specimen: NMB H 17323, a shell. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 17288 - Río Yaque del Norte [Baitoa Fm], which is in a Langhian marine siltstone in the Baitoa Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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