Sveltia lyrata

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Sveltia lyrata
Temporal range: Paleocene–Pliocene
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Shell of Sveltia lyrata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sveltia
Species:
S. lyrata
Binomial name
Sveltia lyrata
(Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms
  • Cancellaria turriculaLamarck, 1822
  • Voluta lyrataBrocchi, 1814
  • Voluta spinulosaBrocchi, 1814

Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. [1]

Contents

The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago). [2]

Description

Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in). [3]

Distribution

This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa. [2] [4]

References

  1. ↑ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Fossilworks
  3. ↑ "Sveltia lyrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Discover Life


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