Admete specularis
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Admete |
Species: | A. specularis
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Binomial name | |
Admete specularis (Watson, 1882)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Admete specularis 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 10 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in subantarctic waters off the Crozet Islands and Kerguelen Islands
References
- ^ a b Admete specularis (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2012.
- 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
External links
- Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716
- 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
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre