Admete watanabei

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

Admete watanabei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Admete
Species:
A. watanabei
Binomial name
Admete watanabei
Shikama, 1962

Description

The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

References
  1. Admete watanabei Shikama, 1962. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2012.
  • Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225–383


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