Sveltia lyrata
Appearance
Sveltia lyrata Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Sveltia |
Species: | S. lyrata
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Binomial name | |
Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814)
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Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago).[2]
Description
[edit]Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in).[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa.[2][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- ^ a b Fossilworks
- ^ "Sveltia lyrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Discover Life
External links
[edit]- Natural History Museum Rotterdam
- 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