Cancellaria coctilis
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| Cancellaria coctilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Cancellaria |
| Species: | C. coctilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cancellaria coctilis Reeve, 1856 | |
Cancellaria coctilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1] Cancellaria coctilis was described by Reeves in 1856 and it is mostly found in the benthic environments (seafloor).[2] Cancellaria coctilis has a mineralized skeleton made primarily of calcium carbonate, which mechanizes the snail.
