Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this family resemble a nutmeg seed.
Distribution
This family occurs worldwide. Many species are found in deep water.
Taxonomy
This family consists of three following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):
- Cancellariinae <small>Forbes & Hanley, 1851</small> - synonym: Trigonostomatinae <small>Cossmann, 1899</small>
- Admetinae <small>Troschel, 1865</small> - synonym: Paladmetidae <small>Stephenson, 1941</small>
- Plesiotritoninae <small>Beu & Maxwell, 1937</small>
Genera
Genera in the family Cancellariidae include:
- Admete <small>Krøyer, 1842</small>
- Admetula <small>Cossmann, 1889</small>
- Africotriton <small>Beu & Marshall, 1987</small>
- Agatrix <small>R. Petit, 1967</small>
- Aphera <small>Adams & Adams, 1854</small>
- Arizelostoma <small>Iredale, 1936</small>
- Axelella <small>Petit, 1988</small>
- Bivetia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Bivetiella <small>Wenz, 1943</small>
- Bivetopsia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Bonellitia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Brocchinia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Cancellaphera <small>Iredale, 1930</small>
- Cancellaria <small>Lamarck, 1799</small>
- Cancellicula <small>Tabanelli, 2008</small>
- Crawfordina <small>Dall, 1919</small>
- Euclia <small>Adams & Adams, 1854</small>
- Fusiaphera <small>Habe, 1961</small>
- Gerdiella <small>Olsson and Bayer, 1972</small>
- Gergovia <small>Cossmann, 1899</small>
- Habesolatia <small>Kuroda, 1965</small>
- Hertleinia <small>Marks, 1949</small>
- Inglisella <small>Finlay, 1924</small>
- Iphinopsis <small>Dall, 1924</small>
- Loxotaphrus <small>Harris, 1897</small>
- Massyla <small>Adams & Adams, 1854</small>
- Merica <small>Adams & Adams, 1854</small>
- Mericella <small>Thiele, 1929</small>
- Microcancilla <small>Dall, 1924</small>
- Microsveltia <small>Iredale, 1925</small>
- Mirandaphera <small>Bouchet & Petit, 2002</small>
- Momoebora <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1971</small>
- Narona <small>Adams & Adams, 1854</small>
- Neadmete <small>Habe, 1961</small>
- Nevia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Nipponaphera <small>Habe, 1961</small>
- Nothoadmete <small>Oliver, 1982</small>
- Paladmete <small>Gardner, 1916</small>
- Pallidonia <small>Laseron, 1955</small>
- Pepta <small>Iredale, 1925</small>
- Perplicaria <small>Dall, 1890</small>
- Pisanella <small>Koenen, 1865</small>
- Plesiotriton <small>Fischer, 1884</small>
- Progabbia <small>Dall, 1918</small>
- Pseudobabylonella <small>Brunetti, Della Bella, Forli & Vecchi, 2009</small>
- Pyruclia <small>Olsson, 1932</small>
- Scalptia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Solatia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Solutosveltia <small>Habe, 1961</small>
- Sveltella <small>Cossmann, 1889</small>
- Sveltia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Sydaphera <small>Iredale, 1929</small>
- Tribia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Trigona <small>Perry, 1811</small>
- Trigonaphera <small>Iredale, 1936</small>
- Trigonostoma <small>de Blainville, 1825</small>
- Tritonium <small>Fabricius, 1780</small>
- Tritonoharpa <small>Dall, 1908</small>
- Unitas <small>Palmer, 1947</small>
- Ventrilia <small>Jousseaume, 1887</small>
- Vercomaris <small>Garrard, 1975</small>
- Waipaoa <small>Marwick, 1931</small>
- Zeadmete <small>Finlay, 1926</small>
The following genus was also accepted in 1936 by the Royal Society of New Zealand
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