Revision of the gastropod family Cancellariidae from the Paleocene of Nuussuaq, West Greenland

The very rich mollusc fauna from the Paleocene deposits on the Nuussuaq peninsula (Greenland) contains 22 species of the gastropod family Cancellariidae. Seventeen new species are established, viz: Beuaphera nuussuaqensis n. gen et n. sp., Merica rosenkrantzi n. sp., Admetula kollmanni n. sp., Admetula eivindi n. sp., Admetula skoui n. sp., Admetula nuussuaqensis n. sp., Kroisbachia peeli n. sp., Bonellitia birgitteae n. sp., Sveltella loevstroemi n. sp., Sveltella tobiasseni n. sp., Brocchinia pederseni n. sp., Babylonella erikseni n. sp., Babylonella laurseni n. sp., Coptosloma kaimi n. sp., Coptostoma dineseni n. sp., Unitas florisi n. sp. and Massyla maxwelli n. sp. Five species are described, but not named. A species referred to Admete Krøyer, 1842 by Kollmann & Peel (1983) is excluded from the Cancellariidae and described as Eocantharus sonjae n. sp. in the family Buccinidae Rafinesque, 1815.