Admetula bayeri

Admetula bayeri
Shell of Admetula bayeri (holotype at the USNM, Washington)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admetula
Species:
A. bayeri
Binomial name
Admetula bayeri
Petit, 1976
Synonyms[1]

Bonellitia bayeri (Petit, 1976)

Admetula bayeri, common name: Bayer's nutmeg, is a species of sea snail; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Caribbean Sea and off Yucatan, Mexico.

References

  1. ^ a b Admetula bayeri Petit, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2010.
  • 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


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