Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Alternative combinations: Cancellaria fernandoensis, Cancellaria tritonidea fernandoensis
Invalid subtaxa: Cancellaria angelana Hanna 1924, Cancellaria quadrata Moody 1916 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. Arnold. 1907. New and characteristic species of fossil mollusks from the oil-bearing Tertiary formations of southern California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 32(1545):525-546
Belongs to Euclia according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Arnold 1907, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 2002, Hanna 1924 and Moody 1916
Sister taxa: Cancellaria (Euclia) circumspinosa, Cancellaria (Euclia) condoni, Cancellaria (Euclia) dalliana, Cancellaria (Euclia) fragosa, Cancellaria (Euclia) harpiformis, Cancellaria (Euclia) joaquinensis, Cancellaria (Euclia) laurettae, Cancellaria (Euclia) nevadensis, Cancellaria (Euclia) ocoyana, Cancellaria (Euclia) pacifica, Cancellaria (Euclia) serrata, Cancellaria (Euclia) venezuelana, Euclia alacertata, Euclia balboae, Euclia cassidiformis, Euclia codazzii, Euclia dinota, Euclia leuzingeri, Euclia maldonadoi, Euclia montserratensis, Euclia rapa, Euclia tribulis, Euclia tritonidea, Euclia werenfelsi
Type specimens:
- Euclia fernandoensis: USNM 164956, a shell
- Cancellaria angelana:
- Cancellaria quadrata: UCMP 11083, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3030, Fourth Street and Broadway Street, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (5: California collections)
• Miocene of United States (4: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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