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Euclia montserratensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria montserratensis was named by Maury (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis by Woodring (1970) and Landau et al. (2007); it was recombined as Euclia montserratensis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Cancellaria crassidiformis

Synonyms

Cancellaria springvaleensis was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352662, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis by Landau et al. (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Euclia montserratensis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) couvana was named by Vokes (1938). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. No. 24667, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Springvale (AMNH collection), which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in Trinidad and Tobago.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis by Landau et al. (2007); it was synonymized subjectively with Euclia montserratensis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Cancellaria springvaleensis Mansfield p. 31 figs. pl. 2, fig. 12
1925	Cancellaria montserratensis Maury
1938	Cancellaria (Cancellaria) couvana Vokes p. 20
1970	Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis Woodring p. 340
2007	Cancellaria (Euclia) montserratensis Landau et al.
2010	Euclia montserratensis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 97

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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	montserratensis	(Maury 1925)

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 montserratensis Maury 1925

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Invalid names: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) couvana Vokes 1938 [synonym], Cancellaria springvaleensis Mansfield 1925 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Cancellaria montserratensis (60637) Cancellaria montserratensis, Cancellaria couvana (81976)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	Cancellaria montserratensis (79710) Euclia montserratensis (111011)