Cancellaria jayana

Cancellaria jayana
Cancellaria jayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Species: C. jayana
Binomial name
Cancellaria jayana
Keen, 1958
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria clathrata A. Adams, 1855 (non Lamarck, 1822)

Cancellaria jayana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico and Panama.

References

  1. ^ a b Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464716 on 6 April 2010.

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