Cancellariidae

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Cancellariidae

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:family
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:MolluscaBase gptkb:World_Register_of_Marine_Species
gptkbp:class	gptkb:Gastropoda
gptkbp:commonName	nutmeg snails
gptkbp:containsGenus	gptkb:Narona gptkb:Merica gptkb:Bivetiella gptkb:Cancellaria gptkb:Microsveltia gptkb:Plesiotriton gptkb:Scalptia gptkb:Sydaphera gptkb:Trigonaphera gptkb:Trigonostoma Admete Ventrilia
gptkbp:describedBy	gptkb:Forbes
gptkbp:describedYear	1851
gptkbp:distribution	worldwide
gptkbp:ecologicalRole	predators and scavengers
gptkbp:feedingType	carnivorous
gptkbp:fossil	Cretaceous to Recent
gptkbp:habitat	gptkb:marine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Cancellariidae
gptkbp:kingdom	gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:notableSpecies	gptkb:Admete_viridula gptkb:Bivetiella_cancellata gptkb:Cancellaria_reticulata gptkb:Merica_melanostoma gptkb:Trigonostoma_scala
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies	about 250
gptkbp:order	gptkb:Neogastropoda
gptkbp:phylum	gptkb:Mollusca
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Olividae gptkb:Volutidae
gptkbp:shellColor	varied, often patterned
gptkbp:shellLength	small to medium
gptkbp:shellType	usually thick, ovate, with spiral sculpture
gptkbp:superfamily	gptkb:Cancellarioidea
gptkbp:typeSpecies	gptkb:Cancellaria
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Richoniella gptkb:Neogastropoda gptkb:Prosobranchia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6