''Sydaphera'' 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 ''Sydaphera'' include:
* ''
Sydaphera anxifer''
(Iredale, 1925)
* ''
Sydaphera australis''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* ''
Sydaphera christiana''
Verhecken, 2008
* ''
Sydaphera delicosa
''Sydaphera delicosa'' 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 ...
''
Laseron, 1955
* ''
Sydaphera fulva
''Sydaphera fulva'' 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 mollusk ...
''
(Lee & Lan, 2002)
* ''
Sydaphera granosa
''Sydaphera granosa'' 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 moll ...
''
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1832b)
* ''
Sydaphera lactea
''Sydaphera lactea'' 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 mollu ...
''
(Deshayes, 1830) :
* ''
Sydaphera obnixa
''Sydaphera obnixa'' 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 mollu ...
''
(Iredale, 1936)
* ''
Sydaphera panamuna
''Sydaphera panamuna'' 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 ...
''
(Garrard, 1975) :
* ''
Sydaphera spengleriana
''Sydaphera spengleriana'', the Spengler's nutmeg, 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 s ...
''
(Deshayes, 1830)
* ''
Sydaphera tasmanica
''Sydaphera tasmanica'' 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 mo ...
''
(Tenison-Woods, 1876)
;Synonyms:
* ''Sydaphera gigantea''
(Lee & Lan, 2002): synonym of ''Merica (Sydaphera) gigantea''
(Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002) represented as ''
Merica gigantea''
(Y.-C. Lee & T. C. Lan, 2002)
* ''Sydaphera purpuriformis''
(Kiener, 1841): synonym of ''
Merica purpuriformis''
(Kiener, 1841)
* ''Sydaphera undulata''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1849):
accepted as ''Merica (Sydaphera) undulata''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) represented as ''
Merica undulata
''Merica undulata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Merica undulata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
References
* Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp
External links
Iredale, T. (1929). Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. Australian Zoologist. 5(4): 337-352
Cancellariidae
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