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Sveltia
Temporal range: Paleocene–Pliocene
Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy
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Sveltia

Jousseaume, 1887
Type species
Sveltia varicosa Brocc. (= Voluta varicosa Brocchi, 1814)

Sveltia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Panama, Nigeria and United States.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Sveltia include:

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