Cancellariidae

Cancellariidae
A shell of Cancellaria reticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Family:	Cancellariidae Forbes & Hanley, 1851
Genera
See text

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. Their shells resemble a nutmeg seed.

Cancellariidae is the only family in the superfamily Cancellarioidea.

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: ^[1]

• Admete Krøyer, 1842
• Admetula Cossmann, 1889
• Africotriton Beu & Marshall, 1987
• Agatrix R. Petit, 1967
• Antizafra Finlay, 1926
• Aphera H. Adams & A. 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
• Dellina Beu, 1970
• Euclia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Fusiaphera Habe, 1961
• Gerdiella Olsson and Bayer, 1972
• Gergovia Cossmann, 1899
• Habesolatia Kuroda, 1965
• Hertleinia Marks, 1949
• Inglisella Finlay, 1924
• Iphinoella Habe, 1958 : synonym of Iphinopsis
• Iphinopsis Dall, 1924
• Loxotaphrus Harris, 1897
• Massyla H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Merica H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
• Mericella Thiele, 1929
• Microcancilla Dall, 1924
• Microsveltia Iredale, 1925
• Mirandaphera Bouchet & Petit, 2002
• Momoebora Kuroda & Habe, 1971
• Narona H. Adams & A. 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 P. Fischer, 1884
• Progabbia Dall, 1918
• Pseudobabylonella Brunetti, Della Belle, 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
• 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 ^[2]

• Anapepta Finlay, 1930 ^[3][4]

References

1. ^ WoRMS : Cancellariidae; accessed 26 August 2010
2. ^ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, Volume 65, 1936
3. ^ "Cancellariidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=74336. 
4. ^ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

• 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