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Cancellaria obesa

Cancellaria obesa, common name : the obese nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Cancellaria obesa
Apertural view of shell of Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Cancellaria
Species:
C. obesa
Binomial name
Cancellaria obesa
Sowerby, 1832
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria acuminata Sowerby, 1832
  • Cancellaria eburnaeformis Reeve, 1856
Apertural view of a shell of Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832.

Description edit

The size of an adult shell varies between 24 mm and 57 mm.

Distribution edit

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Baja California, Mexico, Ecuador and Galapagos.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Cancellaria obesa Sowerby, 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp

External links edit

  • "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) obesa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

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