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Plesiotriton
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plesiotriton is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Plesiotritoninae of the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Quick Facts Plesiotriton, Scientific classification ...
Plesiotriton | |
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Plesiotriton silinoensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Plesiotriton P. Fischer, 1884 |
Type species | |
† Cancellaria volutella Lamarck, 1803 | |
Synonyms | |
Triton (Plesiotriton) P. Fischer, 1884 (original rank) |
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