''Microsveltia'' 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.
...
, 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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