cancellariid

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cancellariid (plural cancellariids)

  1. (zoology) Any member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails.
    • 1987, Fauna of Australia, volume 5, page 846:
      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.
    • 2008, The Nautilus, volume 122, page 1:
      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, […]
    • 2014, Edward J. Petuch, Molluscan Communities of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Areas‎[1]:
      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.

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