Bivetopsia

Bivetopsia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Bivetopsia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Bivetopsia

Type species
Cancellaria chrysostoma
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms[1]

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 rugosa (Lamarck, 1822)

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bivetopsia Jousseaume, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464459 on 2012-08-26


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