Bivetopsia
Genus of gastropods
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Bivetopsia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Bivetopsia | |
|---|---|
| Preserved sample of Bivetopsia chrysostoma | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Bivetopsia Jousseaume, 1887 |
| Type species | |
| Cancellaria chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cancellaria (Bivetopsia) Jousseaume, 1887 | |
Species
Species within the genus Bivetopsia include:
- Bivetopsia chrysostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Bivetopsia haemastoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- † Bivetopsia pachia (M. Smith, 1940)
- Bivetopsia rugosa (Lamarck, 1822)