Admete microsoma

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

Admete microsoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Admete
Species:
A. microsoma
Binomial name
Admete microsoma
(Dall, 1908)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria microsoma Dall, 1908

Description

The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pacific Mexico.

References
  1. Admete microsoma (Dall, 1908). 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


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