cancellariid

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noun

Any member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails.

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nouncancellariid (plural cancellariids)

plural cancellariids

  1. biologyAny member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails.

    Closely related cancellariid species from California have been observed to feed in this manner, and the deep-water southwestern Florida species may also be a similar suctorial feeder.

    2014, Edward J. Petuch, Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas
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    More recently, Beu & Maxwell (1987) erected the subfamily Plesiotritoninae to include very high-spired varicate cancellariids with non-collabral axial sculpture that were previously placed in the families Buccinidae, Fasciolariidae and Ranellidae.

    1987, Fauna of Australia, volume 5, page 846

    The present paper is a continuation of our study of the deep-water cancellariid fauna of the Southwest Pacific, based on the material originating from recent expeditions in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Wallis & Futuna, […]

    2008, The Nautilus, volume 122, page 1
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