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Admetula vossi

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Admetula vossi
Shell of Admetula vossi (specimen 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. vossi
Binomial name
Admetula vossi
Petit, 1976
Synonyms[1]

Bonellitia vossi (Petit, 1976)

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

Description

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The maximum shell size is 13 mm

Distribution

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This species is found off the Bahamas; in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe.

References

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  1. ^ a b Admetula vossi Petit, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 October 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
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
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