Admete schythei
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| Admete schythei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admete |
| Species: | A. schythei |
| Binomial name | |
| Admete schythei (Philippi, 1855) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cancellaria schythei Philippi, 1855 |
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Admete schythei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.
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Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Magellanic Straits.
References[edit]
- ^ 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
External links[edit]
- 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
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System
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