Admetula garrardi

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

Admetula garrardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Genus:
Admetula
Species:
A. garrardi
Binomial name
Admetula garrardi
Petit, 1974
Synonyms[1]
  • Bonellitia garrardi (Petit, 1974)
  • Neadmete nassoides Schepman, M.M., 1911
  • Cancellaria nassoides Schepman, 1911

Description

The shell size varies between 10mm and 17mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Persian Gulf, Indonesia and the Western Pacific.

References
  1. Admetula garrardi Petit, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 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


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