Cancellariidae
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Cancellariidae, or the cancellarids or nutmeg shells, are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Sorbeoconcha.
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[edit] Distribution
Species in this family are found world-wide, mostly in fairly deep water.
[edit] Description
The shells are mainly clathrate sculptured and have a rather simple aperture, the anterior canal being represented by a weak sinus at the end of a columellar twist. The columella has three or four plaits that may be very strong or weak. Cancellarids are carnivorous.
[edit] Genera in the family Cancellariidae
- Admete Moller, 1842
- Agatrix R. Petit, 1967
- Anapepta Finlay, 1930
- Axelella Petit, 1988
- Bonellitia Jousseaume, 1887
- Cancellaria Lamarck, 1799
- Gerdiella Olsson and Bayer, 1972
- Neadmete Habe, 1961
- Oamaruia Finlay, 1924
- Trigonostoma de Blainville, 1825
- Tritonoharpa Dall, 1908
- Waipaoa Marwick, 1931
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[edit] References
- Cancellariidae (TSN 74336). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
