Cancellaria

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Cancellaria
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Abapertural view of shell of Cancellaria reticulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Lamarck, 1799 [1]
Type species
Voluta reticulata
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms [2]
  • Cancellaria (Cancellaria)Lamarck, 1799 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Cancellaria (Euclia)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Cancellaria (Habesolatia)Kuroda, 1965 · accepted, alternate representation
  • ProgabbiaDall, 1918

Cancellaria is a genus of medium-sized to large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [2]

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Species

Species within this genus include: [3] [4]

Cancellaria (Euclia) balboae Cancellaria balboae 001.jpg
Cancellaria (Euclia) balboae
Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis Cancellaria cassidiformis 003.jpg
Cancellaria (Euclia) cassidiformis
Subgenus Cancellaria (Crawfordina) Dall, 1919
Subgenus Cancellaria (Euclia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Subgenus Cancellaria (Habesolatia) Kuroda, 1965
Subgenus Cancellaria (Hertleinia) Marks, 1949
Subgenus Cancellaria (Massyla) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Species names brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Lamarck J.-B. (1799). Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 71.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Cancellaria Lamarck, 1799. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137726 on 2015-06-07
  3. "Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
  4. WoRMS : Cancellaria; accessed : 30 October 2010