Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combination: Cancellaria (Massyla) cubaguaensis

Full reference: B. Landau, R. Petit, and C. M. Silva. 2007. The Pliocene Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Cubagua Formation (Cerro Negro Member) from Cubagua Island, with a new species from the Miocene Cantaure Formation, Venezuela. The Veliger 49(1)

Belongs to Massyla according to B. Landau et al. 2012

See also Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, 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 cumingiana, Massyla distinguenda, Massyla emilyvokesae, Massyla lopezana, Massyla obtusa, Massyla perdiciana, Massyla propevenusta, Massyla terryi, Massyla toulai, Massyla venusta

Type specimen: MOBR-M-3363, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro Barrigon, Araya Peninsula [Araya Fm] (Pliocene of Venezuela)

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