Admete specularis

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

Admete specularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. specularis
Binomial name
Admete specularis
(Watson, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria specularis Watson, 1882a

Description

The shell grows to a length of 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in subantarctic waters off the Crozet Islands and Kerguelen Islands

References

  1. Admete specularis (Watson, 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 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


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