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Cancellaria (Merica)
Taxonomy
Merica was named by Adams and Adams (1854) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Cancellaria (Merica) by Ladd (1982), Hendy (2007).
It was assigned to Cancellariidae by Vredenburg (1921); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancellaria by Ladd (1982), Hendy (2007).
It was reranked as Cancellaria (Merica) by Ladd (1982), Hendy (2007).
It was assigned to Cancellariidae by Vredenburg (1921); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancellaria by Ladd (1982), Hendy (2007).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cancellaria acuta, Cancellaria ancycla, Cancellaria atraktoides, Cancellaria bifasciata, Cancellaria bifasciatum, Cancellaria contorta, Cancellaria crassidiformis, Cancellaria decussata, Cancellaria druidarum, Cancellaria eucheea, Cancellaria euclethra, Cancellaria hartti, Cancellaria iickana, Cancellaria mitrodita, Cancellaria paramoorei, Cancellaria peninsularis, Cancellaria picta, Cancellaria pirabensis, Cancellaria praeindentata, Cancellaria pristina, Cancellaria sanctifrancisci, Cancellaria sphenoidostoma, Cancellaria spherotopleura, Cancellaria springvalenensis, Cancellaria stibara, Cancellaria subtilicancellata, Cancellaria waltoniana, Cancellaria yonabaruensis, Cancellaria zitteli, Merica kaiparaensis, Merica pukeuriensis
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1854 | Merica Adams and Adams |
| 1921 | Merica Vredenburg p. 139 |
| 1982 | Cancellaria (Merica) Ladd p. 57 |
| 2002 | Merica Sepkoski |
| 2007 | Cancellaria (Merica) Hendy |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subg. Cancellaria (Merica) Adams and Adams 1854
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†Merica promensis Vredenburg 1921
†Merica pseudocancellata Noetling 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Castlecliffian or 61.66000 to 0.34000 Ma
Collections (35 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selandian | Greenland | Merica sp. (22945) | |
| Middle Eocene | Indonesia | Merica gerthi (70082 79524) | |
| Rupelian | Denmark | Cancellaria evulsa (111476) | |
| Rupelian | Myanmar | Merica pseudocancellata (76592) | |
| Chattian | Denmark | Cancellaria evulsa (111472 111474) | |
| Aquitanian | Myanmar | Merica promensis (76595) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Cancellaria bellardi (62883) Cancellaria contorta (62882) | |
| Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Cancellaria contorta (62899) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (Auckland) | Merica kaiparaensis (84915) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand | Merica maoria (67897) Merica pukeuriensis (67900) | |
| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | Merica asperella, Merica reeveana (70085) | |
| Middle Miocene | Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) | Cancellaria bellardi, Cancellaria contorta (61896) Cancellaria contorta (61895 61897 61898 61900 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 62885 62886 62887) | |
| Badenian | Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) | Cancellaria callosa, Cancellaria jansseni (38823) | |
| Pliocene | India | Merica asperella, Merica verbeeki (77658) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Merica asperella (70080 70105) | |
| Pleistocene | Japan | Cancellaria kobayashii (97028) | |
| Castlecliffian | New Zealand | Merica pukeuriensis (89043) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Cancellaria asperella (78043) |