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Cancellaria harzhauseri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria harzhauseri was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMMW 2011/0177/0001, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Las Lomas [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun 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 harzhauseri Landau et al. p. 909 figs. figs. 3.1-3.10, 7.1

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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
speciesharzhauseri

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 harzhauseri Landau et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Landau et al. 2012A medium-sized Cancellaria species, with a multispiral protoconch, relatively elevated, tabulate spire, last whorl not particularly inflated, very fine reticulate sculpture with a predominant axial component, and adapical and mid-columellar folds bifid or incipiently so.
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

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Cancellaria harzhauseri (type locality: 136005)