Massyla distinguenda Petit 1970 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Alternative combination: Charcolleria distinguenda

Full reference: R. E. Petit. 1970. Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - II. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8(1):83-88

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

See also Landau et al. 2012 and Petit 1970

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

Type specimen: USNM 646466, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at TU 546 - Tenmile Creek (Miocene of Florida)

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