Massyla corrugata

Massyla corrugata
Apertural view of shell of Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Massyla
Species:	M. corrugata
Binomial name
Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Cancellaria corrugata Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

Massyla corrugata, common name the corrugated nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 18 mm. It has strong ridges or corrugations which is where the name comes from.

Distribution

This species occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.

References

• Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8.

External links

• "Cancellaria (Cancellaria) corrugata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.