Cancellaria rosewateri
| Cancellaria rosewateri | |
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| Shell of Cancellaria rosewateri (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Cancellaria |
| Species: | C. rosewateri
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| Binomial name | |
| Cancellaria rosewateri Petit, 1983
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Cancellaria rosewateri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 30 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama and Louisiana.
References
- ^ Cancellaria rosewateri Petit, 1983. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp
- Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta. 22: 1-90.