Brocchinia (gastropod)

Brocchinia
Shell of Brocchinia canariensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Brocchinia
Jousseaume, 1887{
Type species
Voluta mitraeformis Brocchi, 1814
Synonyms[1]
  • Anapepta Finlay, 1930
  • Solutosveltia Habe, 1961

Brocchinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

  1. ^ a b Brocchinia Jousseaume, 1887. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 20 April 2011.