Neadmete circumcincta

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

Neadmete circumcincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Neadmete
Species:
N. circumcincta
Binomial name
Neadmete circumcincta
(Dall, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Admete circumcincta (Dall, 1873)
  • Cancellaria circumcincta Dall, 1873

Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to British Columbia, Canada

References
  1. Neadmete circumcincta (Dall, 1873). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
  • 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. Wiesbaden, 428pp.


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