Cancellariidae

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Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma milleri.JPG
Apertural view of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
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Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea

Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Family:
Cancellariidae

Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Genera

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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.

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: [1]

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

References