Sveltia lyrata
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Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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
Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in).[3]
Distribution
This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa.[2][4]
References
- ^ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
- ^ a b Fossilworks
- ^ Gastropods.com
- ^ Discover Life
External links
- 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
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