Cancellariidae


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 :
  • Cancellariinae Forbes & Hanley, 1851 - synonym: Trigonostomatinae Cossmann, 1899
  • Admetinae Troschel, 1865 - synonym: Paladmetidae Stephenson, 1941
  • Plesiotritoninae Beu & Maxwell, 1937

Genera

Genera in the family Cancellariidae include:
The following genus was also accepted in 1936 by the Royal Society of New Zealand