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Cancilla

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae

Taxonomy
Cancilla was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 550]. It is extant. Its type is Tiara isabella.

It was reranked as Mitra (Cancilla) by Vredenburg (1925), MacNeil (1960).

It was assigned to Mitra by Vredenburg (1925), MacNeil (1960); to Mitridae by Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982); to Imbricariinae by Wilson (1993), Davoli (2000); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cancilla Swainson
1925Mitra (Cancilla) Vredenburg p. 149
1960Mitra (Cancilla) MacNeil p. 93
1977Cancilla Ladd p. 62
1982Cancilla Ladd p. 53
1993Cancilla Wilson p. 156
2000Cancilla Davoli p. 184
2002Cancilla Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyMitroideaSwainson 1831
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyImbricariinaeTroschel 1868
genusCancillaSwainson 1840

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. Cancilla Swainson 1840
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Subg. Cancilla (Cancilla) Swainson 1840
Subg. Cancilla (Domiporta) Cernohorsky 1970
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Subg. †Cancilla (Ziba) Adams and A. 1853
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†Cancilla (Ziba) goniophora Bellardi 1850
†Ziba flammea Quoy 1833
†Cancilla arntzenii Martin 1916
†Cancilla bronni Michellotti 1847
†Cancilla filaris Linnaeus 1771
†Cancilla hirosei Oyama et al. 1994
†Cancilla praestantissima Röding 1798
†Cancilla rembangensis Martin 1906
†Cancilla scrobiculata Brocchi 1814
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 08:22:13
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:13
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman C. sp. (75608)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Mitra rembangensis (77164)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Mitraria goniophora (77624)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Mitra arntzenii (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hiroshima) C. hirosei (51423)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Mitra scrobiculata (72305)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Ziba desmia (111204 136943)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Mitra scrobiculata (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Mitra scrobiculata (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Ziba rhadina (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Mitra bronni (78437)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Okinawa) Mitra menkrawitensis (42168) Mitra yonabaruensis (42169)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Mitra yonabaruensis, Mitra menkrawitensis, Mitra sp. (42170)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Mitra flammea (77133)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) Mitra filaris, Mitra flammea (42229) Mitra yokoyamai (42232)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Mitra scrobiculata (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Mitra flammea (78263)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Mitra flammea (77658)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Portugal C. alligata (171579)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam C. carnicolor (77937)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Mitra flammea (72096 72098)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Mitra scrobiculata (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) C. alligata, C. planicostata, C. sismondai, Ziba bronni, C. scrobiculata (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Mitra flammea (96255 96259 96272 96276)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji Ziba interlirata, Ziba bacillum (94832)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) C. granatina (96682)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Mitra sp. (96787)