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Cancellaria pilula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria pilula was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H19591, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PPP# 2212 - Finger Island [Nancy Point Fm], which is in a Messinian coastal siltstone in the Nancy Point Formation of Panama.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Cancellaria pilula Landau et al. p. 313 figs. figs. 1.15-1.22, 7.10, 7.11

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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
speciespilula

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.

Cancellaria pilula Landau et al. 2012
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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, Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Cancellaria pilula (135816 type locality: 135821 135828 135829)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Cancellaria pilula (135839)