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
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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