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Cancellaria (Coptostoma) posunculensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria posunculensis was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 202 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Coptostoma) posunculensis by Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acuta, C. ancycla, C. bifasciata, C. bifasciatum, C. contorta, C. druidarum, C. eucheea, C. euclethra, C. hartti, C. iickana, C. mitrodita, C. paramoorei, C. picta, C. pirabensis, C. praeindentata, C. pristina, C. sanctifrancisci, C. spherotopleura, C. springvalenensis, C. stibara, C. subtilicancellata, C. waltoniana, C. yonabaruensis, C. zitteli, C. peninsularis, C. decussata, C. crassidiformis, C. atraktoides, C. sphenoidostoma, Coptostoma notopolaris

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Cancellaria posunculensis Anderson and Martin p. 85 figs. P'late 8, figt1res 7a, 7b, and 7c
1970	Cancellaria (Coptostoma) posunculensis Addicott p. 116 figs. Piate 15, figures 22, 24-26

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Cancellarioidea	Gray 1853
family	Cancellariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Cancellariinae	Gray 1853
genus	Cancellaria	Cossmann 1899
subgenus	Coptostoma
species	posunculensis	()

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 (Coptostoma) posunculensis Anderson and Martin 1914

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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 Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	USA (California)	Cancellaria posunculensis (167645 237346)