Biology:Cancellaria jayana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Cancellaria jayana
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Apertural view of shell of Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Species:
C. jayana
Binomial name
Cancellaria jayana
Keen, 1958
Synonyms[1]

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

Apertural view of shell of Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958.

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

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

External links


Wikidata ☰ Q5031340 entry