Biology:Massyla corrugata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Massyla corrugata
Apertural view of shell of Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Massyla
Species:	M. corrugata
Binomial name
Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Cancellaria corrugata Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

Massyla corrugata, common name the corrugated nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.

References

• 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: 1–8.

External links

• "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) corrugata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_3701.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6784850 entry