- Source: Sveltia lyrata
Sveltia lyrata, common name lyrate nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
The genus Sveltia is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago).
Description
Sveltia lyrata can reach a size of about 25–56 millimetres (0.98–2.20 in).
Distribution
This species is widespread from Mauritania to South Africa.
References
External links
Natural History Museum Rotterdam
Verhecken, A. (2007). Revision of the Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea) of the eastern Atlantic (40°N-40°S) and the Mediterranean. Zoosystema. 29(2): 281–364
