Sveltia | |
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Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: |
Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887 |
Type species | |
Voluta varicosa
Brocchi, 1814
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Synonyms | |
† Cancellaria (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 |
Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails [1] with an extensive fossil range.
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 within the genus Sveltia include:
Sveltia | |
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Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: |
Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887 |
Type species | |
Voluta varicosa
Brocchi, 1814
| |
Synonyms | |
† Cancellaria (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 |
Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails [1] with an extensive fossil range.
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 within the genus Sveltia include: