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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) defuniak

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria defuniak was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 5618 - DeFuniak Springs [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Cancellaria) defuniak by Woodring (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. 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
1947	Cancellaria defuniak Gardner p. 365 figs. pl. 44, figs. 1, 2
1970	Cancellaria (Cancellaria) defuniak Woodring p. 335

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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	Lamarck 1799
subgenus	Cancellaria	Lamarck 1799
species	defuniak	(Gardner 1947)

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 (Cancellaria) defuniak Gardner 1947

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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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	USA (Florida)	Cancellaria defuniak (type locality: 43024 80021 111204 136943)