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CANCELLARIIDAE (Nutmegs)

Approx. 120 members in this family, most being shallow water dwellers living on mud and sand flats in tropical and semi tropical locations. Some species live in deeper water in temperate locations and are often trawled by fishing boats.

Trigonostoma thysthlon - 16mm, F+++, China. $20

Nipponaphera ivaotakii - 25.7mm, F+++, $20

 

	Cancellaria spengleriana - 44mm, F+++, Japan. $8
	Phos senticosus - 36mm, Gem-, Queensland. $2
	Trigonostoma scalariformis - 17mm, F+++, Queensland. $4

 

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