Specimen image via iDigBio · BY
Sveltia
Sign in to saveSveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails with an extensive fossil range.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyCancellariidae
Habitatmarine
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 22
- With media
- 7
- Family
- Cancellariidae
- Collections
- PRI, UF, NHMUK, MNHN
- Recorded in
- United States, United Kingdom, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Italie, Austria, France, Guadeloupe, Netherlands
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Fossil records
- Species
- References
- External links
Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sveltia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.