Cancellariidae

Cancellariidae
Apertural view of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
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):

  • Cancellariinae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 - synonym: Trigonostomatinae Cossmann, 1899
  • Admetinae Troschel, 1865 - synonym: Paladmetidae Stephenson, 1941
  • Plesiotritoninae 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. ↑ 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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