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Massyla cubaguaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Massyla) cubaguaensis was named by Landau et al. (2007). It is extant. Its type specimen is MOBR-M-3363, a shell.

It was recombined as Massyla cubaguaensis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010), Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Cancellaria (Massyla) cubaguaensis Landau et al.
2010Massyla cubaguaensis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 98
2012Massyla cubaguaensis 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
speciescubaguaensis()

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 cubaguaensis Landau et al. 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Landau et al. 2007A medium sized Cancellaria (Massyla) with a shell with a relatively depressed spire and strongly inflated last whorl, which is hardly constricted behind the siphonal fasciole, predominant spiral sculpture, strongly strongly developed parietal callus, broad siphonal fasciole and very short siphonal canal.