Admete magellanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. magellanica
Binomial name
Admete magellanica
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria magellanica Strebel, 1905

Admete magellanica is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc 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, the Falkland Islands, and the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2012.
  2. โ†‘ "Admete magellanica (Strebel, 1905)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3โ€“161. NIZT 682


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