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Cancellaria isabelae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria isabelae was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H19526, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PPP# 2239 - Cayo Agua [Cayo Agua Fm], which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the Cayo Agua Formation of Panama.

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. iickana, C. mitrodita, C. paramoorei, C. picta, C. pirabensis, C. praeindentata, C. pristina, C. sanctifrancisci, C. spherotopleura, C. springvalenensis, C. stibara, C. subtilicancellata, C. waltoniana, C. yonabaruensis, C. zitteli, C. peninsularis, C. decussata, C. crassidiformis, C. atraktoides, C. sphenoidostoma

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2012	Cancellaria isabelae Landau et al. p. 315 figs. figs. 2.14-2.20m 7.13, 7.14

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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	isabelae

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 isabelae Landau et al. 2012

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. D. Landau et al. 2012	A medium-sized Cancellaria species, with a small multispiral protoconch, a tall, scalate spire, fine evenly reticulate sculpture, regularly rounded last whorl, thin outer lip, and bifurcate columellar folds.

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Jamaica	Cancellaria barretti (58522)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	Cancellaria isabelae (91901 type locality: 135825 135826 135884)