Sveltia lyrata

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Sveltia lyrata
Temporal range: Paleocene–Pliocene
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Shell of Sveltia lyrata
Scientific classification
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Cancellarioidea
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S. lyrata
Binomial name
Sveltia lyrata
(Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms
  • Cancellaria turricula Lamarck, 1822
  • Voluta lyrata Brocchi, 1814
  • Voluta spinulosa Brocchi, 1814

Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago).[2]

Description[]

Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in).[3]

Distribution[]

This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa.[2][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Fossilworks
  3. ^ "Sveltia lyrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ^ Discover Life

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