Admete magellanica
Appearance
Admete magellanica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Admete |
Species: | A. magellanica
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Binomial name | |
Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cancellaria magellanica Strebel, 1905 |
Admete magellanica is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Southern Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.[2]
References
- ^ a b Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2012.
- ^ "Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- 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
- 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
- "Admete magellanica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.