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Cancellaria siletzensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy

Cancellaria siletzensis was named by Hanna (1924). It is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonyms

Cancellaria rotunda was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 205, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was replaced with Cancellaria siletzensis by Hanna (1924).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Cancellaria rotunda Anderson and Martin p. 87 figs. pl. 8, fig. 4a, 4b
1924	Cancellaria siletzensis Hanna p. 159
1963	Cancellaria siletzensis Moore p. 44 figs. pl. 9, figs. 2, 5
1976	Cancellaria siletzensis Addicott p. 25

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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	siletzensis

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 siletzensis Hanna 1924

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Invalid names: Cancellaria rotunda Anderson and Martin 1914 [replaced]

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

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	USA (Washington)	Cancellaria siletzensis (37560)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (Oregon)	Cancellaria siletzensis (39601 39606 39799)