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252 American Seash ells
Cancellaria reticulata Linne
Family CANCELLARllDAE
Genus Cancellaria Lamarck 1799
North Carolina to both sides of Florida.
Common Nutmeg
Plate 13k
I to I % inches in length, strong, with numerous spiral rows of small,
poorly shaped beads which, with the weak axial and spiral threads, give a
reticulate appearance. Columella with 2 folds, the uppermost being very-
strong and furrowed by i or 2 smaller ridges. Color cream to gray with
heavy, broken bands and maculations of dark orange-brown. Rarely all
white. Common in shallow water to several fathoms. C. conradiana Dall is
probably only a form of this species.
The subspecies adelae Pilsbry from the Lower Florida Keys is smooth-
ish, except for incised lines on the body whorl. The aperture is faintly
flushed with pink. Uncommon. (Adele's Nutmeg).
Figure 55. Cancellarid Shells, a, Admete conthotiyi Jay (Atlantic and Pacific;
% inch); b, CaJicellaria craivfordicma Dall (California; 1% inches); c, Narona
cooperi Gabb (California; 2 inches); d, Trigonostoma tenenim Philippi (Florida;
% inch).
Subgenus Massy la H. and A. Adams 1854
Cancellaria craivfordiana Dall Crawford's Nutmeg
Bodega to San Diego, California.
Figure 55b
I to 2 inches in length, heavy, white in color, but covered with a thick,
rather fuzzy, gray-brown periostracum. Aperture enamel-white. Uncommon
from 16 to 204 fathoms.