Cancilla hirosei Oyama et al. 1994 (mitre shell)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Full reference: K. Oyama, H. Nishimoto, and A. Naruse. 1994. New fossil molluscs indicating tropical sea elements from the miocene Bihoku Group, southwest Honshu, Japan: Part 2 Description of Cancilla hirosei n. sp., with notes on some molluscs from the Bihoku Group of Shobara City, Hiroshima Prefecture. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 21:19-28

Belongs to Cancilla according to K. Oyama et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Cancilla (Cancilla), Cancilla (Domiporta), Cancilla (Ziba), Cancilla arntzenii, Cancilla bronni, Cancilla filaris, Cancilla praestantissima, Cancilla rembangensis, Cancilla scrobiculata, Mitra (Cancilla) flammea

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 2 - Shobara City (Bihoku Gp) (Miocene of Japan)

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