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Euclia fernandoensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria fernandoensis was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is USNM 164956, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria tritonidea fernandoensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Euclia fernandoensis by Hendy (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cancellaria beata, Cancellaria codazzi, Cancellaria crassidiformis, Cancellaria cremata, Cancellaria dinata, E. fergussoni

Synonyms

Cancellaria quadrata was named by Moody (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11083, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3030, Fourth Street and Broadway Street, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.

It was replaced with Cancellaria angelana by Hanna (1924).
Cancellaria angelana was named by Hanna (1924). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria tritonidea fernandoensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Cancellaria fernandoensis Arnold p. 535 figs. Plate L, fig. 4
1916	Cancellaria quadrata Moody p. 56 figs. pl. 1, fig. 6
1924	Cancellaria angelana Hanna p. 159
1931	Cancellaria tritonidea fernandoensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 618 figs. Plate 27, Figure 1
2002	Cancellaria fernandoensis Hall p. 380
2020	Euclia fernandoensis Hendy

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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	Euclia	Adams and Adams 1854
species	fernandoensis	()

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.

†Euclia fernandoensis Arnold 1907

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Invalid names: Cancellaria angelana Hanna 1924 [synonym]

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Piacenzian or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	USA (California)	Cancellaria fernandoensis (194803 194888 194895 195035)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Cancellaria fernandoensis (97208 97230 97233 208580)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	USA (California)	Cancellaria quadrata (186031)