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Cancellaria hemphilli

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria hemphilli was named by Dall (1909). It is a 3D body fossil.

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. tritonoidea, C. waltoniana, C. yonabaruensis, C. zitteli, C. peninsularis, C. decussata, C. crassidiformis, C. atraktoides, C. sphenoidostoma

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1909	Cancellaria hemphilli Dall
1931	Cancellaria hemphilli Grant, IV and Gale p. 621 figs. Plate 27, Figures 3, l5a, 15b

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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)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	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	Lamarck 1799
species	hemphilli	Dall 1909

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 hemphilli Dall 1909

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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian	5.333 - 1.806	USA (California)	Cancellaria hemphilli (214256 214257 214259 214260 214263 214265 214267 214268 214269)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (California)	Cancellaria hemphilli (238418 238435 238436 238437 238455 238605 238610 238611 238622 239465)
Piacenzian - Gelasian	3.6 - 1.806	USA (California)	Cancellaria hemphilli (214255)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	USA (California)	Cancellaria hemphilli (207763)