Admete schythei
| Admete schythei | |
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| Shell of Admete schythei (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admete |
| Species: | A. schythei
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| Binomial name | |
| Admete schythei (Philippi, 1855)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 16 mm in a spiral shape a trait shared by others of its genus.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Magellanic Straits and the Falkland Islands.
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]- Philippi, R. A. (1855). Observaciones sobre las conchas Magallanes. Anales de la Universidad de Chile. 1855(5): 203–213
- 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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