Cancellariidae

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Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma milleri.JPG
Apertural view of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Genera

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Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.

Cancellariidae is the only family in the superfamily Cancellarioidea.

Distribution[]

This family occurs worldwide. Many species are found in deep water.

Taxonomy[]

This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

  • Forbes & Hanley, 1851 - synonym: Trigonostomatinae Cossmann, 1899
  • Troschel, 1865 - synonym: Paladmetidae Stephenson, 1941
  • Beu & Maxwell, 1937

Genera[]

Genera in the family Cancellariidae include:[1]

The following genus was also accepted in 1936 by the Royal Society of New Zealand [2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b WoRMS : Cancellariidae; accessed 26 August 2010
  2. ^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Volume 65, 1936
  3. ^ "Cancellariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  4. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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