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Cancellaria obesa

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Species of gastropod

Cancellaria obesa
Apertural view of shell of Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Species: C. obesa
Binomial name
Cancellaria obesa
Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms
  • Cancellaria acuminata Sowerby, 1832
  • Cancellaria eburnaeformis Reeve, 1856
Apertural view of a shell of Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832.

Cancellaria obesa, common name : the obese nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 24 mm and 57 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2011)

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp

External links

Media related to Cancellaria obesa at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Cancellaria obesa


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