''Microsveltia'' 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
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
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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 (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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Microsveltia'' include:
* ''
Microsveltia chihyehi''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, 2022
* ''
Microsveltia chinglini''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, 2022
* ''
Microsveltia chinhuii''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2021
* ''
Microsveltia daili''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, 2022
* ''
Microsveltia haswelli''
(Garrard, 1975)
* ''
Microsveltia humaboni''
Verhecken, 2011
* ''
Microsveltia ifengi''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
* ''
Microsveltia insulaguishan''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, 2022
* ''
Microsveltia karubar''
Verhecken, 1997
* ''
Microsveltia laratensis''
Verhecken, 2011
* ''
Microsveltia machaira''
Verhecken, 2011
* ''
Microsveltia marisorientalis''
S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, 2022
* ''
Microsveltia metivieri''
Verhecken, 1997
* ''
Microsveltia patricia''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''
Microsveltia procerula''
Verhecken, 1997
* ''
Microsveltia radii''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2021
* ''
Microsveltia recessa''
Iredale, 1925
* ''
Microsveltia sagamiensis''
(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
* ''
Microsveltia tupasi''
Verhecken, 2011
* ''
Microsveltia wenderi
''Microsveltia'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Species
Species within the genus ''Microsveltia'' include:
* ''Microsveltia chihyehi'' S.-I Huang, M.-H. Lin, ...
''
S.-I Huang & M.-H. Lin, 2020
References
External links
Iredale T. (1925). Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum. 14(4): 243-270, pls 41-43Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8]
Cancellariidae
Gastropod genera
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