Cancellaria coctilis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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.