Microcancilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Admetinae of the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Microcancilla | |
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Shell of Microcancilla brasiliensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Microcancilla Dall, 1924 |
Type species | |
Cancellaria microscopica Dall, 1889 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Microcancilla include:
- Microcancilla brasiliensis (Verhecken, 1991)
- Microcancilla jonasi de Barros & Petit, 2007[2]
- Microcancilla microscopica (Dall, 1889) [3]
- Microcancilla phoenix Souza, Pimenta & Miyaji, 2021
References
edit- ^ Microcancilla Dall, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2010.
- ^ Microcancilla jonasi de Barros & Petit, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ^ Microcancilla microscopica (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 August 2010.
- Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
External links
edit- Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-
- Dall, W. H. (1924). Notes on molluscan nomenclature. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 37: 87-90