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Euclia cassidiformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria cassidiformis was named by Sowerby (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Gulf of california-Peru.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Euclia.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis by Cossmann (1899), Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Olsson (1964) and Landau et al. (2007); it was recombined as Euclia cassidiformis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010), Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cancellaria crassidiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Cancellaria cassidiformis Sowerby
1899Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis Cossmann p. 10
1941Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis Pilsbry and Olsson
1964Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis Olsson p. 123
2007Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis Landau et al.
2010Euclia cassidiformis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 97
2012Euclia cassidiformis Landau et al. p. 319

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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
genusEucliaAdams and Adams 1854
speciescassidiformis(Sowerby 1832)

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.

Euclia cassidiformis Sowerby 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Cancellaria cassidiformis (66777)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Cancellaria cassidiformis (96565)