† Cancellaria (Sveltia) Jousseaume, 1887 Sveltia is a genus in the subfamily Cancellariinae of the nutmeg sea snails[1] with an extensive fossil range.
This genus is known in the fossil records from the Paleocene to the Pliocene (age range: from 55.8 to 2.588 million years ago).
Fossils are found in the marine strata of the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Panama, Nigeria and United States.
[2] Species within the genus Sveltia include:
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