Bivetiella cancellata

Bivetiella cancellata
Apertural view of shell of Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Scientific classification
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]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.

Distribution

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.

References

1. Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 October 2010.

• 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

External links

• "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.