''Aphera'' 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
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.
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, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aphera'' include:
* † ''
Aphera islacolonis
''Aphera islacolonis'' 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 ...
'' (Maury, 1917)
* ''
Aphera lindae
''Aphera lindae'' 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 ...
'' Petuch, 1987
* † ''
Aphera scopalveus
''Aphera'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Aphera'' include:
* † ''Aphera islacolonis'' (Maury, 1917)
* ''Aphera lindae' ...
'' Finlay, 1926
* ''
Aphera tessellata
''Aphera tessellata'' 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 ...
'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
References
* Hemmen J. (2007). ''Recent Cancellariidae''. Wiesbaden, 428pp
External links
Cancellariidae
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