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.
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:WoRMS : Cancellariidae; accessed 26 August 2010
Admete Krøyer, 1842 Admetula Cossmann, 1889 Africotriton Beu & Marshall, 1987 Agatrix R. Petit, 1967 Aphera Adams & 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 Adams & Adams, 1854 Fusiaphera Habe, 1961 Gerdiella Olsson and Bayer, 1972 Gergovia Cossmann, 1899 Habesolatia Kuroda, 1965 Hertleinia Marks, 1949 Inglisella Finlay, 1924 Iphinopsis Dall, 1924 Loxotaphrus Harris, 1897 Massyla Adams & Adams, 1854 Merica Adams & Adams, 1854 Mericella Thiele, 1929 Microcancilla Dall, 1924 Microsveltia Iredale, 1925 Mirandaphera Bouchet & Petit, 2002 Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971 Narona Adams & 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 Fischer, 1884 Progabbia Dall, 1918 Pseudobabylonella Brunetti, Della Bella, 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 Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Volume 65, 1936
Anapepta Finlay, 1930Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
References
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
External links
Petit, Richard E., and M. G. Harasewych. "Catalogue of the Superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)." (2005) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642