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Family: Cancellariidae



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138 species (see list below)
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Admete californica
[California Admete]
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Admete carinata
[]
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Admete clivicola
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Admete contabulata
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Admete couthouyi
[]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Admete frigida
[]
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Admete gracilior
[Slender Admete]
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Max. Length 1.0 cm DL
 
Admete haini
[]
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Admete laevior
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Admete magellanica
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Admete microscopica
[]
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Admete microsoma
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Admete nodosa
[]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Admete philippii
[]
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Admete regina
[Noble Admete]
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Admete sadko
[]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm DL
 
Admete schythei
[]
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Admete specularis
[]
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Admete tabulata
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Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Admete viridula
[Northern admete]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
 
Admetula bayeri
[]
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Admetula formosa
[]
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Admetula leechunfui
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Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Admetula vossi
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Admetula yerenjii
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Agatrix agassizii
[Agassiz's nutmeg]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm NG
 
Agatrix epomis
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Aphera lindae
[]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Axelella brasiliensis
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Axelella scalatella
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
Axelella smithii(Dall, 1888)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Axelella smithii
[]
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Bivetiella cancellata
[Cancellated nutmeg]
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Bivetiella similis
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Brocchinia clenchi
[]
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Brocchinia harasewychi
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Brocchinia pustulosa
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Brocchinia verheckeni
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Max. Length 5.3 cm DL
 
Cancellaria adelae
[]
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Cancellaria aqualica
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm ShH
Cancellaria asperellaLamarck, 1822

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Cancellaria asperella
[]
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Cancellaria boucheti
[]
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Cancellaria cooperii
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Cancellaria crawfordiana
[Crawford nutmeg]
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Cancellaria ektyphos
[]
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Max. Length 3.6 cm DL
 
Cancellaria mediamericana
[]
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Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
 
Cancellaria mercadoi
[]
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Cancellaria modesta
[]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
 
Cancellaria oblonga
[]
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Max. Length 3.7 cm DL
 
Cancellaria petuchi
[]
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Max. Length 5.5 cm DL
 
Cancellaria reticulata
[Common nutmeg]
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Max. Length 3.1 cm DL
 
Cancellaria richardpetiti
[]
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Max. Length 3.0 cm DL
 
Cancellaria rosewateri
[]
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Fusiaphera macrospira
[]
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Fusiaphera macrospiratoides
[]
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Fusiaphera tosaensis
[]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm DL
 
Gerdiella alvesi
[]
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Max. Length 3.2 cm DL
 
Gerdiella cingulata
[]
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Gerdiella corbicula
[Basket nutmeg]
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Max. Length 3.0 cm DL
 
Gerdiella gerda
[]
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Max. Length 3.0 cm DL
 
Gerdiella santa
[]
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Gergovia petiti
[]
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Iphinopsis boucheti
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Iphinopsis nuda
[]
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Iphinopsis splendens
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Merica elegans
[]
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Merica melanostoma
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Merica semperiana
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Merica sinensis
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Mericella rosadoi
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Microcancilla jonasi
[]
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Microcancilla phoenix
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Microsveltia chihyehi
[]
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Microsveltia chinglini
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Microsveltia chinhuii
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Microsveltia daili
[]
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Microsveltia ifengi
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Microsveltia insulaguishan
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Microsveltia marisorientalis
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Microsveltia radii
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Microsveltia wenderi
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Neadmete circumcincta
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Neadmete modesta
[Modest admete]
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Nipponaphera habei
[]
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Nipponaphera iwaotakii
[]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm SHL
 
Nipponaphera nodosivaricosa
[]
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Nipponaphera suduirauti
[]
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Nipponaphera teramachii
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Nothoadmete antarctica
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Nothoadmete consobrina
[]
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Nothoadmete delicatula
[]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Nothoadmete tumida
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 5.5 cm ShH
Pisanella viva(Habe & Okutani, 1981)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Pisanella viva
[]
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Plesiotriton vivus
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Pseudobabylonella minima
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Scalptia aliguayensis
[]
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Scalptia articularoides
[]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm TL
 
Scalptia bicolor
[Two-colour nutmeg]
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Scalptia contabulata
[]
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Scalptia crenifera
[]
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Scalptia crispatoide
[]
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Scalptia crossei
[]
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Scalptia delsaerdti
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Scalptia gorii
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Scalptia harmulensis
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Scalptia hystrix
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Scalptia larissaensis
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Scalptia mencadoi
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Scalptia nassa
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Scalptia rashafuensis
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Scalptia richardi
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Scalptia scalata
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Scalptia thomasiana
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Scalptia vangoethemi
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Scalptia verreauxii
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Sydaphera Christiana
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Sydaphera gigantea
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Tribia coronata
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Trigonaphera bocageana
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Trigonaphera dekkeri
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShH
 
Trigonostoma crenifera
[]
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Trigonostoma kilburni
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Max. Length 2 cm ShH
 
Trigonostoma obliquata
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Trigonostoma pellucida
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Max. Length 2.5 cm DL
 
Trigonostoma rugosum
[Rugose nutmeg]
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Trigonostoma scalare
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm ShH
Trigonostoma scalariformis(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trigonostoma scalariformis
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3 cm ShH
Trigonostoma scalata(Sowerby, 1832)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trigonostoma scalata
[]
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Max. Length 3.9 cm DL
 
Trigonostoma tenerum
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 3.5 cm ShH
Trigonostoma textilis(Kiener, 1841)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Trigonostoma textilis
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Trigonostoma thysthlon
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Tritonoharpa antiquata
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Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Tritonoharpa bayeri
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Tritonoharpa beui
[]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm DL
 
Tritonoharpa cubapatriae
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Coltro, Marcus

Western Atlantic.
Max. Length 3.8 cm DL
Tritonoharpa lanceolata(Menke, 1828)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tritonoharpa lanceolata
[Arrow dwarf triton]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Tritonoharpa leali
[]
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Tritonoharpa pseudangasi
[]
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Zeadmete watsoni
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