Sydaphera spengleriana
Sydaphera spengleriana shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sydaphera
Species:
S. spengleriana
Binomial name
Sydaphera spengleriana
(Deshayes, 1830)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria spengleriana Deshayes, 1830
Cancellaria tritonis Sowerby, 1832

Sydaphera spengleriana, the Spengler's nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Distribution

This species is widespread from Indonesia to Japan.[2][3]

Description

Shell of Sydaphera spengleriana can reach a size of 40–70 millimetres (1.6–2.8 in).[2]

Bibliography

  • Jerome M. Eisenberg Jr., William E. Old - Collector's guide to Seashells of the World p 132/19
  • R. Tucker Abbott, S. Peter Dance - Compendium of Seashells p 226/1.3
  • Alain Robin - Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods p 457/15
  • Encyclopédie Méthodique Vol. 2, p 185
  • Hamlyn Guide to Shells of the World p 262
  • Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • M.B. Pocket Guide to Shells of the World p 133

References

  1. 1 2 Sydaphera spengleriana (Deshayes, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Sydaphera spengleriana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ↑ GBIF
  • Deshayes, G. P., 1830 Histoire naturelle des vers. In: Encyclopédie méthodique, vol. 2(1), p. 1-256
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
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