Cancellaria coctilis

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Cancellaria coctilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Species:
C. coctilis
Binomial name
Cancellaria coctilis
Reeve, 1856

Cancellaria coctilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1] Cancellaria coctilis was described by Reeves in 1856 and it is mostly found in the benthic environments (seafloor). [2] Cancellaria coctilis has a mineralized skeleton made primarily of calcium carbonate, which mechanizes the snail.

References

  1. Cancellaria coctilis Reeve, 1856 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. "Marine Species Traits - Cancellaria coctilis Reeve, 1856". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 1 October 2024.