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Cancellaria (Ovilia)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Ovilia was named by Jousseaume (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cancellaria (Ovilia) by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Cancellaria by Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cancellaria acuta, Cancellaria aldrichi, Cancellaria alternata, Cancellaria alveata, Cancellaria ancycla, Cancellaria anomala, Cancellaria asperella, Cancellaria atopodonta, Cancellaria atraktoides, Cancellaria atraktoides, Cancellaria barjonae, Cancellaria barkeri, Cancellaria beata, Cancellaria beata, Cancellaria bellardi, Cancellaria bifasciata, Cancellaria bifasciatum, Cancellaria bocageana, Cancellaria callosa, Cancellaria calusa, Cancellaria calypso, Cancellaria cancellata, Cancellaria cannoni, Cancellaria centrota, Cancellaria chinenensis, Cancellaria cibarcola, Cancellaria clewistonensis, Cancellaria codazzi, Cancellaria conradiana, Cancellaria contorta, Cancellaria contorta, Cancellaria contorta, Cancellaria costata, Cancellaria crassidiformis, Cancellaria cremata, Cancellaria cubaguensis, Cancellaria decussata, Cancellaria decussata, Cancellaria dertonensis, Cancellaria dertonensis, Cancellaria dinata, Cancellaria druidarum, Cancellaria ecuheea, Cancellaria epistiformis, Cancellaria epistomifera, Cancellaria epsitomifera, Cancellaria eucheea, Cancellaria euclethra, Cancellaria evulsa, Cancellaria evulsa, Cancellaria fenestrata, Cancellaria floridana, Cancellaria frizzelli, Cancellaria govenderi, Cancellaria gracilis, Cancellaria haemastoma, Cancellaria harmeri, Cancellaria harpiniformis, Cancellaria hartti, Cancellaria hatti, Cancellaria hukusimana, Cancellaria iickana, Cancellaria inornata, Cancellaria jansseni, Cancellaria jungi, Cancellaria kobayashii, Cancellaria laticosta, Cancellaria lavelana, Cancellaria lipara, Cancellaria lyrata, Cancellaria mitrodita, Cancellaria muricata, Cancellaria nitidula, Cancellaria obesa, Cancellaria panones, Cancellaria paraguanensis, Cancellaria paramoorei, Cancellaria peninsularis, Cancellaria perspectiva, Cancellaria picta, Cancellaria pirabensis, Cancellaria piscatoria, Cancellaria portoricana, Cancellaria praeindentata, Cancellaria pristina, Cancellaria prophylactica, Cancellaria pseudovulsa, Cancellaria rapa, Cancellaria reeveana, Cancellaria sanctifrancisci, Cancellaria santiagensis, Cancellaria scalaroides, Cancellaria snatolensis, Cancellaria spengleriana, Cancellaria sphenoidostoma, Cancellaria spherotopleura, Cancellaria spinifera, Cancellaria springvalenensis, Cancellaria stibara, Cancellaria subthomasiae, Cancellaria subtiarophora, Cancellaria subtilicancellata, Cancellaria sursalta, Cancellaria tholoensis, Cancellaria tritonidea, Cancellaria umbilicaris, Cancellaria varicosa, Cancellaria ventricosa, Cancellaria verbeeki, Cancellaria waltoniana, Cancellaria yonabaruensis, Cancellaria zitteli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Ovilia Jousseaume
2001Cancellaria (Ovilia) Todd
2002Ovilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusCancellariaLamarck 1799
subgenusOvilia(Jousseaume 1887)

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 (Ovilia) Jousseaume 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:59:23
Modified: 2009-03-16 10:59:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986
Collections
No collection or age range data are available