Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Alternative combination: Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) plectilis
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 Bivetopsia according to B. D. Landau et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Bivetopsia chrysostoma, Bivetopsia pachia, Bivetopsia rugosa, Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) herberti, Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) moorei
Type specimen: NMB H 17317, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1354 - Rio Cana [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Zanclean shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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