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Massyla terryi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi was named by Olsson (1942) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Colombia.]. Its type specimen is PRI 4045, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Penitas [Penita Fm], which is in a Pliocene offshore shale in the Penita Formation of Costa Rica.

It was recombined as Cancellaria terryi by Olsson (1942); it was recombined as Charcolleria terryi by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010); it was recombined as Massyla terryi by Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Cancellaria terryi Olsson
1942Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi Olsson p. 62 figs. pl. 8, fig. 1
1964Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi Olsson p. 124
2007Cancellaria (Charcolleria) terryi Landau et al.
2010Charcolleria terryi Landau and Marques da Silva p. 99
2012Massyla terryi Landau et al. p. 325

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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
genusMassylaAdams and Adams 1854
speciesterryi(Olsson 1942)

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.

Massyla terryi Olsson 1942
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Diagnosis
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