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Mitra (Cancilla) flammea ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)113395https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=113395
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mitridae : Cancilla : Mitra (Cancilla) flammea
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMitridaeSwainson 1831
subfamilyImbricariinaeTroschel 1868
genusCancillaSwainson 1840
speciesMitra (Cancilla) flammea(Quoy 1832)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mitra (Cancilla) flammeaspeciesbelongs to Mitrastated with evidenceQuoy, 1832
Mitra (Cancilla) flammeaspeciesbelongs to Mitra (Cancilla)stated with evidenceCossmann, 1903
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Mitridae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Mitridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. Vredenburg. 1925. Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50(1):1-350

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1832Mitra flammea Quoy p. 659 figs. pl. 45, figs. 23-25
1903Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Cossmann p. 123 figs. pl. 4, figs. 11, 12
1925Mitra (Cancilla) flammea Vredenburg p. 149

References

Vredenburg E. (1925) Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Cephalopoda, Opisthobranchiata, Siphonostomata, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50 1, 1-350
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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