Bivetiella cancellata
Appearance
Bivetiella cancellata | |
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Apertural view of shell of Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Bivetiella |
Species: | B. cancellata
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Binomial name | |
Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
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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
[edit]The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Bivetiella_cancellata_fossil_01.jpg/220px-Bivetiella_cancellata_fossil_01.jpg)
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
[edit]- ^ Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2010.
External links
[edit]- "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2010.