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Cancellaria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant R Sepkoski's reference number: 790]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pleurotomidae by Martin (1904); to Cancellariidae by White (1889), Vredenburg (1921), Woodring (1928), Nagao (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Gardner (1948), Marks (1951), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), MacNeil (1960), Olsson (1964), Sohl (1964), Olsson (1967), Petit (1970), Woodring (1970), Addicott (1970), Petit (1976), Ladd (1982), Covacevich and Frassinetti (1986), Jung and Petit (1990), Perrilliat (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancellariinae by Wilson (1994), Landau et al. (2007), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010), Landau et al. (2012), Landau et al. (2012).

Species
C. (Barkeria), C. (Bivetia), C. (Bivetopsis), C. (Cancellaria), C. (Crawfordina), C. (Kroisbachia), C. (Merica), C. (Olivia), C. (Ovilia), C. (Progabbi), C. (Progabbia), C. acalypta, C. africana (syn. C. imbricata), C. alternata, C. amoena, C. andersoni, C. anomoia, C. apimela, C. arnoldi, C. axelolssoni, C. badrii, C. bajaensis, C. birchi, C. birmanica, C. bournei, C. bradleyi, C. buccinoides, C. carinata, C. cerithea, C. conradiana, C. coronata, C. cossmanni, C. costellifera, C. costulata, C. crassistriata, C. crossletensis, C. darwini, C. depressa, C. fergusoni, C. funerata, C. galei, C. harpiformis, C. harzhauseri, C. hemphilli, C. hodsonae, C. imbricata, C. irelaniana, C. isabelae, C. jacksonica, C. jakobseni, C. keenae, C. landesi, C. lavellana, C. leonensis, C. macnairyensis, C. marysvillensis, C. matroni, C. matsoni, C. medinae, C. mississippiensis, C. mixta, C. moharrami, C. multiplicis, C. nancellaria, C. nassariformis, C. oregonensis (syn. C. andersoni, C. ramonensis), C. pabloensis, C. pacifica, C. paleocenica, C. pearlensis, C. petiti (syn. C. (Cancellaria) cossmanni), C. pilula, C. plagiostoma, C. quadrata, C. reticulata, C. reyesi, C. richardpetiti, C. rotunda, C. rudolphi, C. sanctaemariae, C. sathra, C. siletzensis (syn. C. rotunda), C. simiana (syn. C. crassa), C. simplex, C. sobrantensis, C. soriensis, C. spellenbergi, C. stri, C. subangulosa, C. subtuberosa, C. tabulata, C. tapeina, C. tortiplica, C. turneri, C. urceolata, C. vespertina, C. vidali, C. volutella, C. washingtonensis, C. wynootchensis, C. yolandia
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. acuta, C. ancycla, C. atraktoides, C. bifasciata, C. bifasciatum, C. contorta, C. crassidiformis, C. decussata, C. druidarum, C. eucheea, C. euclethra, C. hartti, C. iickana, C. mitrodita, C. paramoorei, C. peninsularis, C. picta, C. pirabensis, C. praeindentata, C. pristina, C. sanctifrancisci, C. sphenoidostoma, C. spherotopleura, C. springvalenensis, C. stibara, C. subtilicancellata, C. waltoniana, C. yonabaruensis, C. zitteli

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Cancellaria Lamarck
1889Cancellaria White p. 453
1904Cancellaria Martin p. 161
1916Cancellaria marysvillensis Dickerson p. 442
1921Cancellaria Vredenburg p. 139
1928Cancellaria Nagao p. 121
1928Cancellaria Woodring p. 218
1931Cancellaria Grant, IV and Gale p. 612
1939Cancellaria Mukerjee p. 71
1944Cancellaria Durham p. 179
1948Cancellaria Gardner p. 264
1951Cancellaria Marks p. 391
1953Cancellaria Olsson and Harbison p. 177
1958Cancellaria DuBar p. 188
1960Cancellaria MacNeil p. 98
1964Cancellaria Olsson p. 118
1964Cancellaria Sohl p. 268
1967Cancellaria Olsson p. 23
1970Cancellaria Addicott p. 105
1970Cancellaria Petit p. 85
1970Cancellaria Woodring p. 334
1976Cancellaria Petit p. 33
1982Cancellaria Ladd p. 56
1986Cancellaria Covacevich and Frassinetti p. 36
1990Cancellaria Jung and Petit p. 94
1992Cancellaria Perrilliat p. 27
1994Cancellaria Wilson p. 173
1999Cancellaria Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 54
2001Cancellaria Todd
2001Cancellaria Wienrich p. 511
2002Cancellaria Sepkoski
2007Cancellaria Landau et al.
2010Cancellaria Landau and Marques da Silva p. 96
2012Cancellaria Landau et al. p. 312

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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

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.

G. Cancellaria Lamarck 1799
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†Cancellaria (Barkeria) sanjosei Anderson and Martin 1914
Subg. Cancellaria (Bivetia) Jousseaume 1887
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Bivetia indentata Sowerby 1832
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Invalid names: Bivetia mariei Jousseaume 1887 [synonym]
Subg. Cancellaria (Bivetopsis) Jousseaume 1887
Subg. Cancellaria (Cancellaria) Lamarck 1799
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†Cancellaria (Cancellaria) capeloi Landau et al. 2007
†Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cominella Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dolioides Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Cancellaria (Cancellaria) hodsonae Landau and Petit 1997
†Cancellaria (Cancellaria) jijipana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Cancellaria (Cancellaria) juncta Jung and Petit 1990
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Invalid names: Cancellaria acuminata Sowerby 1832 [synonym]
†Cancellaria obesa planospira Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Invalid names: Cancellaria torula Weisbord 1962 [invalid subgroup]
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Invalid names: Cancellaria oldroydia Carson 1926 [synonym], Cancellaria oregonensis Dall 1909 [synonym]
†Crawfordina fugleri Arnold 1907
Subg. Cancellaria (Merica) Adams and Adams 1854
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†Merica promensis Vredenburg 1921
†Merica pseudocancellata Noetling 1901
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†Olivia inflata Traub 1979
Subg. Cancellaria (Ovilia) Jousseaume 1887
†Cancellaria acalypta Woodring 1970
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Invalid names: Cancellaria imbricata Watson 1882 [replaced]
†Cancellaria alternata Conrad 1834
†Cancellaria amoena Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Cancellaria andersoni Arnold 1909
†Cancellaria anomoia Woodring 1970
†Cancellaria apimela Woodring 1970
†Cancellaria arnoldi Dall 1909
†Cancellaria axelolssoni Landau et al. 2012
†Cancellaria badrii Abbass 1972
†Cancellaria bajaensis Perrilliat and Cristin 2016
†Cancellaria birchi Addicott 1970
†Cancellaria birmanica Vredenburg 1921
†Cancellaria bournei Hanna 1927
†Cancellaria bradleyi Nelson 1878
Cancellaria carinata Briart and Cornet 1880
†Cancellaria cerithea Olsson 1964
Cancellaria coronata Scacchi 1844
†Cancellaria cossmanni Morlet 1888
†Cancellaria costellifera Sowerby 1818
†Cancellaria costulata Lamarck 1803
†Cancellaria crossletensis Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986
†Cancellaria depressa Tuomey and Holmes 1857
†Cancellaria fergusoni Carson 1926
†Cancellaria funerata Conrad 1848
†Cancellaria galei Addicott 1970
†Cancellaria harpiformis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Cancellaria harzhauseri Landau et al. 2012
†Cancellaria hemphilli Dall 1909
†Cancellaria hodsonae Landau and Petit 1996
†Cancellaria imbricata Hörnes 1856
†Cancellaria irelaniana Cooper 1894
†Cancellaria isabelae Landau et al. 2012
†Cancellaria jacksonica Cooke 1926
†Cancellaria jakobseni Schnetler 2001
†Cancellaria keenae Addicott 1970
†Cancellaria landesi Van Winkle 1918
†Cancellaria lavellana Hodson 1931
†Cancellaria leonensis Mansfield 1930
†Cancellaria matroni Stephenson 1941
†Cancellaria matsoni Stephenson 1941
†Cancellaria medinae Philippi 1887
†Cancellaria mixta Landau et al. 2012
†Cancellaria moharrami Abbass 1972
†Cancellaria multiplicis Newton 1922
†Cancellaria nancellaria Woodring 1970
†Cancellaria nassariformis Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986
†Cancellaria oregonensis Conrad 1865
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Invalid names: Cancellaria andersoni Clark 1918 [synonym], Cancellaria ramonensis Clark 1918 [synonym]
†Cancellaria pacifica Anderson 1905
†Cancellaria paleocenica Perrilliat and Cristin 2016
†Cancellaria pearlensis Meyer and Aldrich 1886
†Cancellaria petiti Olsson 1967
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Invalid names: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cossmanni Olsson 1922 [replaced]
†Cancellaria pilula Landau et al. 2012
†Cancellaria plagiostoma Conrad 1834
†Cancellaria quadrata Sowerby 1823
†Cancellaria reyesi Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986
†Cancellaria rotunda Dall 1892
†Cancellaria rudolphi Covacevich and Frassinetti 1986
†Cancellaria sathra Woodring 1973
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Invalid names: Cancellaria rotunda Anderson and Martin 1914 [replaced]
†Cancellaria simiana Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Cancellaria crassa Waring 1917 [replaced]
†Cancellaria simplex Anderson 1905
†Cancellaria soriensis Eames 1952
†Cancellaria spellenbergi Riedel 1933
†Cancellaria stri Landau et al. 2012
†Cancellaria tabulata Gardner and Aldrich 1919
†Cancellaria tapeina Woodring 1970
†Cancellaria tortiplica Conrad 1865
†Cancellaria turneri White 1889
†Cancellaria vespertina Anderson 1905
†Cancellaria vidali Philippi 1887
†Cancellaria volutella Lamarck 1803
†Cancellaria yolandia Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Invalid names: Cancellaria marysvillensis Dickerson 1916 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height1111.45.0022.813.04.97

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
Comments: DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: Based on ten randomly selected figured specimens.g
Created: 2009-03-16 08:59:23
Modified: 2009-03-16 10:59:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (546 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) C. sp. (6606 6646)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) C. sp. (185496)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon C. spellenbergi (177976)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) C. acuta (88357)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) C. crassa (193033) C. sp. (144763)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) C. macnairyensis (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) C. sp. (7462)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. matroni (4437 4477) C. sp. (5555 5558)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Poland C. nitidula (27822)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (7570 205541)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt C. zitteli (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) C. sp. (84468) C. spp. A (91778 98701)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Alabama) C. sp. (83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Aneurystoma sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium C. carinata (22931)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) C. spp. A (98727 99071)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) C. sp. (86328)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Olivia inflata (84335)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Denmark C. jakobseni, Kroisbachia conoidea (35265 35266) Kroisbachia conoidea (35263 35267)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) C. sp. a (215686 239601)