Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Rank Family | Scientific name Cancellariidae Higher classification Cancellarioidea | |
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Superfamily Cancellarioidea
Forbes & Hanley, 1851 Lower classifications Cancellaria, Merica, Admete, Nevia, Pepta | ||
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.
Contents
Cancellariidae is the only family in the superfamily Cancellarioidea.
Distribution
This family occurs worldwide. Many species are found in deep water.
Taxonomy
This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
Genera
Genera in the family Cancellariidae include:
The following genus was also accepted in 1936 by the Royal Society of New Zealand
References
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