Bivetiella cancellata

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Bivetiella cancellata
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Apertural view of shell of Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Bivetiella
Species:
B. cancellata
Binomial name
Bivetiella cancellata
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Buccinella rotundataPerry, G., 1811
  • Buccinum pyrozoniasGmelin, 1791
  • Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata(Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata var. elongataKobelt, 1904
  • Cancellaria cancellata(Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cancellaria cancellata var. elongataKobelt, 1904
  • Cancellaria cancellata var. infracosticillataSacco, 1894
  • Cancellaria cancellata var. minorAlmera & Bofill, 1884
  • Cancellaria costataSowerby, G.B. I, 1822
  • Cantharus triplicatusRöding, P.F., 1798
  • Murex scabriculusLinnaeus, 1758 (Declared nomen oblitum under ICZN Art. 23.9 by Verhecken (2007))
  • Murex scabriusculusLinnaeus, 1767
  • Voluta cancellataLinnaeus, 1767

Bivetiella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

A fossil specimen from the Pliocene of Italy Bivetiella cancellata fossil 01.jpg
A fossil specimen from the Pliocene of Italy

This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola.

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