Bivetopsia

Bivetopsia
Preserved sample of Bivetopsia chrysostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Bivetopsia Jousseaume, 1887
Type species
Cancellaria chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms [1]
Cancellaria (Bivetopsia)Jousseaume, 1887

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

Species

Species within the genus Bivetopsia include:

• Bivetopsia chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Bivetopsia haemastoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• † Bivetopsia pachia (M. Smith, 1940)
• Bivetopsia rugosa (Lamarck, 1822)

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bivetopsia Jousseaume, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464459 on 2012-08-26

• Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae, Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8.