Cancellariidae

Short description: Family of sea snails

Cancellariidae

Apertural view of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Volutoidea
Family:  | Cancellariidae
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Genera

See text

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

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Taxonomy
* 3 Genera
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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):

* Cancellariinae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 \- synonym: Trigonostomatinae Cossmann, 1899
* Admetinae Troschel, 1865 \- synonym: Paladmetidae Stephenson, 1941
* Plesiotritoninae Beu & Maxwell, 1937

## Genera

Genera in the family Cancellariidae include:[1]

* Admete Krøyer, 1842
* Admetula Cossmann, 1889
* Africotriton Beu & Marshall, 1987
* Agatrix R. Petit, 1967
* Aphera Adams & Adams, 1854
* Arizelostoma Iredale, 1936
* Axelella Petit, 1988
* Bivetia Jousseaume, 1887
* Bivetiella Wenz, 1943
* Bivetopsia Jousseaume, 1887
* Bonellitia Jousseaume, 1887
* Brocchinia Jousseaume, 1887
* Cancellaphera Iredale, 1930
* Cancellaria Lamarck, 1799
* Cancellicula Tabanelli, 2008
* Crawfordina Dall, 1919
* Euclia Adams & Adams, 1854
* Fusiaphera Habe, 1961
* Gerdiella Olsson and Bayer, 1972
* Gergovia Cossmann, 1899
* Habesolatia Kuroda, 1965
* Hertleinia Marks, 1949
* Inglisella Finlay, 1924
* Iphinopsis Dall, 1924
* Loxotaphrus Harris, 1897
* Massyla Adams & Adams, 1854
* Merica Adams & Adams, 1854
* Mericella Thiele, 1929
* Microcancilla Dall, 1924
* Microsveltia Iredale, 1925
* Mirandaphera Bouchet & Petit, 2002
* Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971
* Narona Adams & Adams, 1854
* Neadmete Habe, 1961
* Nevia Jousseaume, 1887
* Nipponaphera Habe, 1961
* Nothoadmete Oliver, 1982
* Paladmete Gardner, 1916
* Pallidonia Laseron, 1955
* Pepta Iredale, 1925
* Perplicaria Dall, 1890
* Pisanella Koenen, 1865
* Plesiotriton Fischer, 1884
* Progabbia Dall, 1918
* Pseudobabylonella Brunetti, Della Bella, Forli & Vecchi, 2009
* Pyruclia Olsson, 1932
* Scalptia Jousseaume, 1887
* Solatia Jousseaume, 1887
* Solutosveltia Habe, 1961
* Sveltella Cossmann, 1889
* Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887
* Sydaphera Iredale, 1929
* Tribia Jousseaume, 1887
* Trigona Perry, 1811
* Trigonaphera Iredale, 1936
* Trigonostoma de Blainville, 1825
* Tritonium Fabricius, 1780
* Tritonoharpa Dall, 1908
* Unitas Palmer, 1947
* Ventrilia Jousseaume, 1887
* Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
* Waipaoa Marwick, 1931
* Zeadmete Finlay, 1926

The following genus was also accepted in 1936 by the Royal Society of New Zealand[2]

* Anapepta Finlay, 1930[3][4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS : Cancellariidae; accessed 26 August 2010
2. ↑ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Volume 65, 1936
3. ↑ "Cancellariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=74336.
4. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN:0-00-216906-1

* Verhecken A. (2007). Revision of the Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea) of the eastern Atlantic (40°N-40°S) and the Mediterranean. Zoosystema : 29(2): 281-364
* Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp

## External links

* Petit, Richard E., and M. G. Harasewych. "Catalogue of the Superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)." (2005)
* Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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