A revision of Australian Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca)
Abstract
A description is given and comparisons made, with both Recent and some Tertiary fossil species, of all known Recent species in the family Cancellariidae from Australian waters. Two species (1 new subsp., Cancellaria (Merica) melanostoma westralis) are included in Cancellaria (Merica), 1 in C. (Nevia), 8 (1 new, Cancellaria (Sydaphera) panamuna)in C. (Sydaphera), 3 (1 new, Fusiaphera dampierensis)in Fusiaphera, 13 (3 new, Trigonostoma diamantina, Trigonostoma iota and Trigonostoma tessella) in Trigonostoma, 1 in Admetula, 3 (1 new, Gergovia haswelli) in Gergovia, 3 (1 new, Inglisella nympha) in Inglisella, 2 in Pepta, 1 in Vercomaris (new), 1 in Bonellitia, and 1 (new, Zeadmete kulanda) in Zeadmete.
