Gastropoda - Stromboidea - Strombidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 123083
Alternative combinations: Dientomochilus (Ectinochilus) canalis, Ectinochilus canalis, Rimella (Ectinochilus) canalis, Rostellaria canalis, Strombus canalis
Full reference: R. Coquebert and A. Brongniart. 1793. Extrait d'un mémoire sur la formation de la coquille de Strombus fissurella, et sur deux espèces analogues à celle-ci. Bulletin des Sciences, Société Philomatique de Paris 1:55-56
Belongs to Rimella according to R. L. Squires 2013
Sister taxa: Rimella (Rimella), Rimella carli, Rimella desertica, Rimella duplicostata, Rimella elongata, Rimella fissurella, Rimella fowleriana, Rimella fusoides, Rimella knappiana, Rimella levis, Rimella macilenta, Rimella oregonensis, Rimella pakistanica, Rimella peruviana, Rimella prestwichi, Rimella quoseibii, Rimella rimosa, Ectinochilus (Macilentos), Ectinochilus antipodarum, Ectinochilus gaudichaudi, Ectinochilus planum, Ectinochilus (Vaderos), Ectinochilus olssoni, Ectinochilus (Ectinochilus), Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifer, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) canalifera, Ectinochilus (Cowlitzia) washingtonensis
Type specimen: MNHN.F.A51121, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer