| Sveltia | |
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| Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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.
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:
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.
Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia rocroii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Sveltia splendidula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Scalptia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Raphitoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Drilliola is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Cyllene is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Nassariidae, the nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Thala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.
Pusia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Costellariidae.
Lyria is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutidae.
Jujubinus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Trochidae, the top 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 subfamily Zonariinae of the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Brocchinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Trigonostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Opalia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.
Volvarina splendens is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Unitas is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae.