Species of gastropod
Bivetiella cancellata
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Apertural view of shell of Bivetiella cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Neogastropoda
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Family:
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Cancellariidae
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Genus:
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Bivetiella
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Species:
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B. cancellata
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Binomial name
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Bivetiella cancellata
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Synonyms
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- Buccinella rotundata Perry, G., 1811
- Buccinum pyrozonias Gmelin, 1791
- Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cancellata var. elongata Kobelt, 1904
- Cancellaria cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cancellaria cancellata var. elongata Kobelt, 1904
- Cancellaria cancellata var. infracosticillata Sacco, 1894
- Cancellaria cancellata var. minor Almera & Bofill, 1884
- Cancellaria costata Sowerby, G.B. I, 1822
- Cantharus triplicatus Röding, P.F., 1798
- Murex scabriculus Linnaeus, 1758 (Declared nomen oblitum under ICZN Art. 23.9 by Verhecken (2007))
- Murex scabriusculus Linnaeus, 1767
- Voluta cancellata Linnaeus, 1767
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Bivetiella cancellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 20 mm and 50 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea and in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, West Africa and Angola.
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