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Fusiaphera macrospira

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cancellariidae

Scientific name
  
Fusiaphera macrospira

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cancellarioidea

Genus
  
Fusiaphera

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cancellaria obesa, Merica, Scalptia, Common nutmeg, Trigonostoma

Fusiaphera macrospira, common name the big-spired nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

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Description

The shell size varies between 14 mm and 30 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Eastern Indian Ocean and in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

Fusiaphera macrospira Wikipedia