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(zoology) Any member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails..
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.
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, […]
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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Cancellariid means (zoology) Any member of the Cancellariidae, or nutmeg snails..
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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.
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