''Bivetiella'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails, marine
gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bivetiella'' include:
* ''
Bivetiella cancellata''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Bivetiella pulchra''
G.B. Sowerby I, 1832
* ''
Bivetiella similis''
(Sowerby G.B. I, 1833)
References
External links
*
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
Cancellariidae
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