''Perplicaria'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
Gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family 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.
Di ...
, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Perplicaria'' include:
* † ''
Perplicaria aquitanica
''Perplicaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine Gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Perplicaria'' include:
* † '' Perplicaria aquitanica'' (Peyrot, 1928)
* '' Perplicaria bou ...
''
(Peyrot, 1928)
* ''
Perplicaria boucheti
''Perplicaria boucheti'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod m ...
''
Verhecken, 1997
* ''
Perplicaria clarki
''Perplicaria clarki'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mol ...
''
M. Smith, 1947
* ''
Perplicaria laurensii
''Perplicaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine Gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Perplicaria'' include:
* † ''Perplicaria aquitanica'' (Peyrot, 1928)
* ''Perplicaria bouch ...
''
(Grateloup, 1832)
* † ''
Perplicaria mioquadrata
''Perplicaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine Gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae
Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in th ...
''
(Sacco, 1894)
* † ''
Perplicaria perplexa
''Perplicaria'' is a genus of sea snails, marine Gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Perplicaria'' include:
* † ''Perplicaria aquitanica'' (Peyrot, 1928)
* ''Perplicaria bouch ...
''
Dall, 1890
References
* Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
External links
Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science. 3(1)
Cancellariidae
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