Admete gracilior

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

Admete gracilior
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A. gracilior
Binomial name
Admete gracilior
(Carpenter in Gabb, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Admete rhyssa Dall, 1919
  • Admete seftoni Berry, 1956
  • Admete woodworthi Dall, 1905
  • Cancellaria gracilior Carpenter in Gabb, 1869 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Aleutians to California, USA

References

  • Dall, W.H. (1905) Some new species of mollusks from California. The Nautilus, 18, 123–125
  • McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1–160


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