Bivetiella cancellata
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Apertural view of shell of Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea
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Species: | B. cancellata
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Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Bivetiella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description[]
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola.
References[]
- ^ Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2010.
External links[]
- "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
Categories:
- Cancellariidae
- Gastropods described in 1767
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
- Molluscs of the Mediterranean Sea
- Molluscs of the Canary Islands
- Molluscs of Angola
- Gastropods of Cape Verde
- Cancellariidae stubs