WoRMS taxon details
Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887
391119 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:391119)
accepted
Genus
Voluta varricosa Brocchi, 1814 † accepted as Sveltia varricosa (Brocchi, 1814) † (type by original designation)
Cancellaria (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Narona (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Sveltia (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Sveltia centrota (Dall, 1896)
- Species Sveltia gladiator (Petit, 1976)
- Species Sveltia lyrata (Brocchi, 1814)
- Species Sveltia rocroii Bouchet & Petit, 2002
- Species Sveltia splendidula Bouchet & Petit, 2002
- Species Sveltia yoyottei Petit & Harasewych, 2011
- Subgenus Sveltia (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 accepted as Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Jousseaume F.P. (1887). La famille Cancellariidae (Mollusques Gastéropodes). <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> ser. 2, 9(13): 155-157 [15 September 1887]; 9(16): 192-194 [1 November 1887]; 9(18): 213-214 [1 December 1887]; 9(19): 221-223 [15 December 1887]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5349918
page(s): 214 [details]
page(s): 214 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Sveltia Jousseaume, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391119 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Jousseaume F.P. (1887). La famille Cancellariidae (Mollusques Gastéropodes). <em>Le Naturaliste.</em> ser. 2, 9(13): 155-157 [15 September 1887]; 9(16): 192-194 [1 November 1887]; 9(18): 213-214 [1 December 1887]; 9(19): 221-223 [15 December 1887]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5349918
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
page(s): 214 [details]
basis of record Hemmen, J. (2007). <i>Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae</i>. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, <i>Recent Cancellariidae</i> by Jens Hemmen, 2007. <i>Conchologia Ingrata</i> 9: 1-8]. [details]
