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Cancellaria axelolssoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria axelolssoni was named by Landau et al. (2012). Its type specimen is NMB H19541, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PPP# 2236 - 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 axelolssoni Landau et al. p. 315 figs. figs. 3.6-3.12, 7.15, 7.16

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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	axelolssoni

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 axelolssoni Landau et al. 2012

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. D. Landau et al. 2012	A medium-sized Cancellaria species, with a multispiral protoconch, scalate spire, finely reticulate sculpture with a predominantly axial component, globose last whorl and a subobsolete third columellar fold.

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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	Cancellaria axelolssoni (type locality: 135864)