Sydaphera panamuna

Sydaphera panamuna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Sydaphera
Species:
S. panamuna
Binomial name
Sydaphera panamuna
(Garrard, 1975)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria panamuna Garrard, 1975

Sydaphera panamuna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 17.2 mm, its diameter 6.9 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Northern Territory and Western Australia.

References

  1. ^ a b Sydaphera panamuna (Garrard, 1975). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. 2005. Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) — 2nd edition. Zootaxa 1102: 1-161
  • 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]
  • Garrard, T.A. (1975). "A revision of Australian Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca)". Records of the Australian Museum. 30 (1): 14. Retrieved 6 October 2025.