| Sveltia | |
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| Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Voluta varicosa Brocchi, 1814) | |
| Synonyms | |
† Cancellaria (Sveltia)Jousseaume, 1887 | |
Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails [1] with an extensive fossil range.
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Panama, Nigeria and United States. [2]
Species within the genus Sveltia include:
Euspira is a genus of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Polinicinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Sveltia centrota is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia gladiator is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia rocroii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Elaeocyma is a genus of sea snails in the family Drilliidae.
Bathytoma is a genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Clinura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Phymorhynchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Raphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Rimosodaphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Cochlespira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cochlespiridae.
Gymnobela is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Oenopota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Coralliophila is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Coralliophilinae, the coral snails, within the family Muricidae, the murex snails and rock snails.
Capulus is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.
Schilderia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Zonaria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Turricula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.
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