Sveltia

Sveltia
Temporal range: Paleocene–Pliocene
Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sveltia
Type species
Sveltia varicosa (= Voluta varicosa Brocchi, 1814)

Sveltia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Panama, Nigeria and United States.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Sveltia include:

References

  1. ↑ Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Fossilworks
  3. ↑ Sveltia centrota (Dall, 1896).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  4. ↑ Sveltia gladiator (Petit, 1976).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Sveltia rocroii Bouchet & Petit, 2002.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  7. ↑ Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.


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