| Sveltia | |
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| Fossil shell of Sveltia lyrata from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific 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 | |
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† 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
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
Species within the genus Sveltia include:
- † Sveltia alveata (Conrad, 1833)
- † Sveltia caerulea Lozouet, 1999
- † Sveltia castellum Lozouet, 2019
- Sveltia centrota (Dall, 1896)[3]
- † Sveltia alveata (Conrad, 1833)
- † Sveltia caerulea Lozouet, 1999
- † Sveltia castellum Lozouet, 2019
- Sveltia gladiator (Petit, 1976)[4]
- Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814)[5]
- † Sveltia nemethi Kovács & Vicián, 2016
- † Sveltia pyrenaica Peyrot, 1928
- Sveltia rocroii Bouchet & Petit, 2002[6]
- † Sveltia ruginosa Lozouet, 2019
- † Sveltia salbriacensis Peyrot, 1928
- Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002[7]
- † Sveltia suessi (Hoernes, 1875)
- † Sveltia varicosa (Brocchi, 1814)
- † Sveltia varonei Lozouet, 2019
- Sveltia yoyottei Petit & Harasewych, 2011
- 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
- ↑ Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Fossilworks
- ↑ Sveltia centrota (Dall, 1896). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Sveltia gladiator (Petit, 1976). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Sveltia rocroii Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- ↑ Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
- Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
External links
- Bold Systems
- Jousseaume F.P. (1887). La famille Cancellariidae (Mollusques Gastéropodes). Le Naturaliste. ser. 2, 9(13): 155-157
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