Bivetiella cancellata
Bivetiella cancellata | |
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Apertural view of shell of Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Bivetiella |
Species: | B. cancellata |
Binomial name | |
Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
Synonyms | |
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Bivetiella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20mm and 50 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola.
References
- ↑ Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2010.
External links
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