Cancellariidae

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Cancellariidae

Trigonostoma milleri.JPG
Apertural view of Trigonostoma milleri Burch, 1949

Scientific classification
Kingdom:

Animalia
Phylum:

Mollusca
Class:

Gastropoda
(unranked):

clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

Superfamily:

Cancellarioidea
Forbes & Hanley, 1851
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.


Cancellariidae is the only family in the superfamily Cancellarioidea.




Contents





  • 1 Distribution


  • 2 Taxonomy


  • 3 Genera


  • 4 References




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 H. Adams & A. 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 H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854


  • Fusiaphera Habe, 1961


  • Gerdiella Olsson and Bayer, 1972


  • Gergovia Cossmann, 1899


  • Habesolatia Kuroda, 1965


  • Hertleinia Marks, 1949


  • Inglisella Finlay, 1924


  • Iphinoella Habe, 1958 : synonym of Iphinopsis


  • Iphinopsis Dall, 1924


  • Loxotaphrus Harris, 1897


  • Massyla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854


  • Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854


  • Mericella Thiele, 1929


  • Microcancilla Dall, 1924


  • Microsveltia Iredale, 1925


  • Mirandaphera Bouchet & Petit, 2002


  • Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971


  • Narona H. Adams & A. 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 P. Fischer, 1884


  • Progabbia Dall, 1918


  • Pseudobabylonella Brunetti, Della Belle, 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. ^ 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. 


  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







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