Massyla corrugata

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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{{Taxobox

| image = Massyla corrugata.JPG

| image_caption = Apertural view of shell of Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Mollusca

| classis = Gastropoda

| unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda

| superfamilia = Cancellarioidea

| familia = Cancellariidae

| subfamilia =

| genus = Massyla

| species = M. corrugata

| binomial = Massyla corrugata

| binomial_authority = (Hinds, 1843)

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = Cancellaria corrugata Hinds, 1843 (original combination)

}}

Massyla corrugata, common name the corrugated nutmeg, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.{{WRMS species|608042|Massyla corrugata (Hinds, 1843)||28 December 2012}}

Description

The shell grows to a height of 18 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.

References

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831144310/http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf 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.]