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Cancellaria acalypta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria acalypta was named by Woodring (1970) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Panama.]. Its type specimen is USNM 645730, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Cancellaria) acalypta by Landau et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Cancellaria acalypta Woodring p. 341 figs. pl. 53, figs. 1, 2
2007Cancellaria (Cancellaria) acalypta Landau et al.
2012Cancellaria acalypta Landau et al. p. 913

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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
speciesacalypta

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 acalypta Woodring 1970
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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, Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Cancellaria acalypta (52169 52170 93160)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Cancellaria acalypta (79784 79790)