Admete schythei

Admete schythei
Shell of Admete schythei (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. schythei
Binomial name
Admete schythei
(Philippi, 1855)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria schythei Philippi, 1855

Admete schythei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 16 mm in a spiral shape a trait shared by others of its genus.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Magellanic Straits and the Falkland Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Admete schythei (Philippi, 1855). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3–161. NIZT 682


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