Cancellaria obesa

Cancellaria obesa
Cancellaria obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Species: C. obesa
Binomial name
Cancellaria obesa
Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria acuminata Sowerby, 1832
  • Cancellaria eburnaeformis Reeve, 1856

Cancellaria obesa, common name : the obese nutmeg, 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 24 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Mexico, Ecuador and Galapagos.

References

  1. ^ a b Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464723 on 6 April 2010.

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