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Admetula atopodonta

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Admetula atopodonta
Shell of Admetula atopodonta (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admetula
Species:
A. atopodonta
Binomial name
Admetula atopodonta
(Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bonellitia atopodonta (Petit & Harasewych, 1986)
  • Cancellaria atopodonta Petit & Harasewych, 1986 (basionym)

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines and the Solomon Islands.[citation needed]

References

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  • Verhecken A. (1997) Mollusca Gastropoda: Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the Karubar cruise. In: A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 172: 295–323. page(s): 299
  • 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
  • Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
  • Verhecken A. (2011) The Cancellariidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 and Aurora 2007 deep sea cruises in the Philippines, with description of six new species (Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea). Vita Malacologica 9: 1–60. [Published 31 May 2011]
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