Massyla corrugata

Massyla corrugata
Apertural view of shell of Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Massyla
Species:	M. corrugata
Binomial name
Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Cancellaria corrugata Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

Massyla corrugata, common name the corrugated nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.^[1]

Description[]

The shell grows to a height of 18 mm.

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Distribution[]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.

References[]

• Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8.

External links[]

• "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) corrugata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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