Sveltia lyrata

Sveltia lyrata
Temporal range: Paleocene–Pliocene
Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sveltia
Species: S. lyrata
Binomial name
Sveltia lyrata
(Brocchi, 1814)
Synonyms
  • Cancellaria turricula Lamarck, 1822
  • Voluta lyrata Brocchi, 1814
  • Voluta spinulosa Brocchi, 1814

[1]

Sveltia lyrata, common name Lyrate Nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago). [3]

Description

Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in).[3]

Distribution

This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa. [3][4]

References

  1. ↑ GBIF
  2. ↑ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Fossilworks
  4. ↑ Discover Life

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