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252 Family CAN CELL ARllDAE Genus Cancellaria Lamarck 1799 Cancellaria reticulata Linne 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 Figure 55b Bodega to San Diego, California. I to 2 inches in length, heavy, white in color, but covered with a thick, rather fuzzy, gray-brown periostracum. Aperture enamel-white. Uncom- mon from 16 to 204 fathoms.