Cancellariidae

Summary

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
Apertural view of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Genera

See text

Distribution edit

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

Taxonomy edit

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 edit

Genera in the family Cancellariidae include:[1]

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

References edit

  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
  • Verhecken A. (2007). Revision of the Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea) of the eastern Atlantic (40°N-40°S) and the Mediterranean. Zoosystema : 29(2): 281-364
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp

External links edit

  • Petit, Richard E., and M. G. Harasewych. "Catalogue of the Superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)." (2005)
  • Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.