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Cancellaria wynootchensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria wynootchensis was named by Weaver (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 229, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in Washington.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Calcarata) wynoocheensis by Etherington (1931); it was corrected as Cancellaria wynoochensis by Moore (1963).

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
1916Cancellaria wynootchensis Weaver pp. 50-51 figs. pl. 4, figs. 51-54
1931Cancellaria (Calcarata) wynoocheensis Etherington p. 107 figs. pl. 14, fig. 5
1963Cancellaria wynoochensis Moore p. 44
1976Cancellaria wynootchensis Addicott p. 26

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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
specieswynootchensis

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.

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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 Chattian to the top of the Aquitanian or 27.30000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Cancellaria wynoocheensis (37586)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45USA (Washington) Cancellaria wynoocheensis (37560 203158)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Cancellaria wynoocheensis (37573) Cancellaria wynootchensis (type locality: 241804)