Admete magellanica
| Admete magellanica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admete |
| Species: | A. magellanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cancellaria magellanica Strebel, 1905 | |
Admete magellanica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Southern Atlantic Ocean off Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.
References
- 1 2 Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2012.
- 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
- Gastropods.com: Admete magellanica
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