Sveltia

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Sveltia
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Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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Fossil records

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

Species within the genus Sveltia include:

Synonyms

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