''Cancellaria'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of medium-sized to large

sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the family

Cancellariidae Cancellariidae, common name the nutmeg snails or nutmeg shells, are a family (biology), family of small to medium-large sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Some of the shells of the species in this ...

, the nutmeg snails.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Cancellaria Lamarck, 1799. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137726 on 2015-06-07

Species

Species within this genus include:WoRMS : Cancellaria
accessed : 30 October 2010 Cancellaria balboae 001

* '' Cancellaria adelae'' Pilsbry, 1940 * '' Cancellaria africana'' Petit, 1970 * '' Cancellaria agalma'' Melvill & Standen, 1901 * '' Cancellaria albida'' Hinds, 1843 * † '' Cancellaria bajaensis'' Perrilliat & Cristín, 2016 * '' Cancellaria candida'' Sowerby I, 1832 * '' Cancellaria coctilis'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Cancellaria coltrorum'' Harasewych & Petit, 2014 * † '' Cancellaria conradiana'' Dall, 1889 * '' Cancellaria cooperii'' Gabb, 1865 * '' Cancellaria corrosa'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Cancellaria crawfordiana'' Dall, 1892 * '' Cancellaria cremata'' Hinds, 1843 * '' Cancellaria crenulata'' Deshayes, 1835 * '' Cancellaria darwini'' Petit, 1970 * '' Cancellaria decussata'' Sowerby I, 1832 * '' Cancellaria elata'' Hinds, 1843 * '' Cancellaria euetrios'' Barnard, 1959 * '' Cancellaria fusca'' Sowerby III, 1889 * '' Cancellaria gemmulata'' Sowerby I, 1832 * '' Cancellaria indentata'' Sowerby I, 1832 * '' Cancellaria io'' Dall, 1896 * '' Cancellaria jayana'' Keen, 1958 * '' Cancellaria littoriniformis'' Sowerby I, 1832 * '' Cancellaria lyrata'' A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 * '' Cancellaria mediamericana'' Petuch, 1998 * ''Cancellaria nassa'' Roissy, 1805 * '' Cancellaria obesa'' Sowerby I, 1832 * '' Cancellaria obtusa'' Deshayes, 1830 * ''

Cancellaria ovata ''Cancellaria ovata'' 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 (biology), family of small to medium-large sea snails, mari ...

'' Sowerby I, 1832 * † '' Cancellaria paleocenica'' Perrilliat & Cristín, 2016 * '' Cancellaria peruviana'' Strong, 1954 * '' Cancellaria petuchi'' Harasewych, Petit & Verhecken, 1992 * '' Cancellaria plebeja'' Thiele, 1925 * '' Cancellaria reticulata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Cancellaria richardpetiti'' Petuch, 1987 * '' Cancellaria rosewateri'' Petit, 1983 * '' Cancellaria semperiana'' Crosse, 1863 * '' Cancellaria souverbiei'' Crosse, 1868 * '' Cancellaria thomasiana'' Crosse, 1861 * '' Cancellaria turrita'' Sowerby II, 1874: ''

species inquirenda In biological classification, a ''species inquirenda'' is a species of doubtful identity requiring further investigation. The use of the term in English-language biological literature dates back to at least the early nineteenth century. The ter ...

'' * '' Cancellaria umbilicata'' Lesson, 1842 (nomen dubium) * '' Cancellaria uniangulata'' Deshayes, 1830 * '' Cancellaria urceolata'' Hinds, 1843 * '' Cancellaria ventricosa'' Hinds, 1843 ;Subgenus ''Cancellaria'' (''Crawfordina'') Dall, 1919 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Crawfordina'') ''stuardoi'' McLean & Andrade, 1982: synonym of '' Merica stuardoi'' (McLean & Andrade, 1982) ;Subgenus ''Cancellaria'' (''Euclia'') H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Euclia'') ''balboae'' Pilsbry, 1931 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Euclia'') ''cassidiformis'' Sowerby, 1832 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Euclia'') ''laurettae'' Petit & Harasewych, 1998 ;Subgenus ''Cancellaria'' (''Habesolatia'') Kuroda, 1965 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Habesolatia'') ''nodulifera'' Sowerby, 1825 ;Subgenus ''Cancellaria'' (''Hertleinia'') Marks, 1949 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Hertleinia'') ''mitriformis'' Sowerby, 1832: synonym of ''Narona mitriformis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) in turn synonym of '' Hertleinia mitriformis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) ;Subgenus ''Cancellaria'' (''Massyla'') H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 * ''Cancellaria'' (''Massyla'') ''cumingiana'' Petit de la Saussaye, 1844

Species names brought into synonymy

* ''Cancellaria aqualica'' Petit & Harasewych, 1986: synonym of '' Merica aqualica'' (Petit & Harasewych, 1986) * ''Cancellaria boucheti'' Petit & Harasewych, 1986: synonym of '' Merica boucheti'' (Petit & Harasewych, 1986) * ''Cancellaria cancellata'': synonym of '' Bivetiella cancellata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * ''Cancellaria citharella'' Lamarck, 1822: synonym of '' Cythara striata'' Schumacher, 1817 * ''Cancellaria corrugata'' Hinds, 1843: synonym of ''

Massyla corrugata ''Massyla corrugata'', common name the corrugated nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. Description The shell grows to a height of 18 mm. Distribu ...

'' (Hinds, 1843) * ''Cancellaria elegans'' G. B. Sowerby I, 1822: synonym of '' Merica elegans'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) * ''Cancellaria ghiorum'' Costa, 1993: synonym of '' Cancellaria crawfordiana'' Dall, 1891 * ''Cancellaria grayi'' Tryon, 1885: synonym of '' Merica asperella'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Cancellaria haemastoma'' Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of '' Bivetopsia haemastoma'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Cancellaria lamellosa'' Hinds, 1843 : synonym of '' Scalptia nassa'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Cancellaria mangelioides'' Reeve, 1856: synonym of '' Scalptia scalariformis'' (Lamarck, 1822) * ''Cancellaria nassiformis'' Lesson, 1842: synonym of '' Phrontis nassiformis'' (Lesson, 1842) * ''Cancellaria parva'' Philippi, 1860 (non Lea, 1833): synonym of '' Sveltella philippii'' Cossmann, 1899 * ''Cancellaria patricia'' Thiele, 1925: synonym of '' Microsveltia patricia'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''Cancellaria undulata'' G.B. Sowerby II, 1849 : synonym of '' Sydaphera undulata'' (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849)

References

File:Cancellaria (Habesolatia) nodulifera 003.jpg, ''Cancellaria'' (''Habesolatia'') ''nodulifera'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q3140990 Cancellaria Gastropod genera Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck