Admete magellanica

Admete magellanica is a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Admete magellanica
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A. magellanica
Binomial name
Admete magellanica
(Strebel, 1905)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria magellanica Strebel, 1905

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. 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
  • 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
  • "Admete magellanica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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