Sveltia

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Sveltia
Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sveltia
Jousseaume, 1887
Type species
Voluta varicosa Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms

Cancellaria (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887

Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails[1] with an extensive fossil range.

Fossil records[edit]

This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Panama, Nigeria and United States.[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Sveltia include:

Synonyms
  • Sveltia aturensis Peyrot, 1928: synonym of † Tribia aturensis (Peyrot, 1928) (original combination)
  • Sveltia burdigalensis Peyrot, 1928: synonym of † Scalptia burdigalensis (Peyrot, 1928)
  • Sveltia calcarata (Brocchi, 1814): synonym of † Calcarata calcarata (Brocchi, 1814)
  • Sveltia castexi Peyrot, 1928: synonym of † Coptostoma castexi (Peyrot, 1928) (original combination)
  • Sveltia peyreirensis Peyrot, 1928: synonym of † Unitas peyreirensis (Peyrot, 1928) (original combination)

References[edit]

  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.

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