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Cancellaria oregonensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria oregonensis was named by Conrad (1865) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; North Pacific.]. Its type specimen is USNM 3554, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Euclia) oregonensis by Moore (1963) and Addicott (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

Synonyms

Cancellaria ramonensis was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11237 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria vetusta by Stewart (1927); it was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria (Euclia) oregonensis by Addicott (1970).
Cancellaria andersoni was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11235 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria vetusta by Stewart (1927); it was synonymized subjectively with Cancellaria (Euclia) oregonensis by Addicott (1970).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1865	Cancellaria oregonensis Conrad
1918	Cancellaria andersoni Clark figs. pl. 23, fig. 4
1918	Cancellaria ramonensis Clark pp. 186-187 figs. pl. 23, fig. 7
1963	Cancellaria (Euclia) oregonensis Moore p. 45 figs. pl. 9, figs. 15-17, 19-23
1970	Cancellaria (Euclia) oregonensis Addicott p. 111 figs. Plate 14, figure 12; plate 16, figure 23
1976	Cancellaria oregonensis Addicott p. 25
2003	Cancellaria oregonensis Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 40

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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	Cancellaria	Lamarck 1799
species	oregonensis	Conrad 1865

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 oregonensis Conrad 1865

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Invalid names: Cancellaria andersoni Clark 1918 [synonym], Cancellaria ramonensis Clark 1918 [synonym]

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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 28.10000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	USA (California)	Cancellaria ramonensis (122273)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	USA (Washington)	Cancellaria oregonensis (37592)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	USA (California)	Purpura lima (11601)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	USA (Washington)	Cancellaria oregonensis (37560)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	USA (Oregon)	Cancellaria oregonensis (39805)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	USA (Oregon)	Cancellaria oregonensis (39591)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	USA (California)	Cancellaria ramonensis (206393)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	USA (Oregon)	Cancellaria oregonensis (39600 39603 39605 39606 39799)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Russian Federation	Cancellaria oregonensis (45451)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (Oregon)	Cancellaria oregonensis (71146)