Cancellaria jayana
| Cancellaria jayana | |
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| Apertural view of shell of Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Cancellaria |
| Species: | C. jayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cancellaria clathrata A. Adams, 1855 (non Lamarck, 1822)  Apertural view of shell of Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958. | |
Cancellaria jayana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Mexico and Panama.
References
- 1 2 Cancellaria jayana Keen, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
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