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Massyla cumingiana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria cumingiana was named by Petit de la Saussaye (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Olivia) cumingiana by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941), Keen (1971); it was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria (Massyla) obtusa by Landau et al. (2007); it was recombined as Massyla cumingiana by Landau et al. (2012), Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cancellaria cubaguensis, M. cumingian, M. toulae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Cancellaria cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye
1941Cancellaria (Olivia) cumingiana Pilsbry and Olsson p. 24
1971Cancellaria (Olivia) cumingiana Keen p. 653
2012Massyla cumingiana Landau et al. p. 323

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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
genusMassylaAdams and Adams 1854
speciescumingiana(Petit de la Saussaye 1844)

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.

Massyla cumingiana Petit de la Saussaye 1844
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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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Gelasian or 11.63000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Massyla cumingiana (136122)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Massyla cumingiana (135816 135821 135822 135828)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Massyla cumingiana (135944)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ecuador (Manabi) Cancellaria cumingiana (51879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Massyla cumingiana (111213)