†Perplicaria canae Jung and Petit 1990 (snail)
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Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
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 Perplicaria according to P. Jung and R. E. Petit 1990
Sister taxa: Perplicaria clarki, Perplicaria perplexa, Perplicaria prior, Perplicaria vigneauxi
Type specimen: NMB H 17330, a shell. Its type locality is TU 1230, Río Cana [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian marine siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at TU 1230, Río Cana [Gurabo Fm]
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