Admetula bayeri

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]

Admetula bayeri
Shell of Admetula bayeri (holotype at the USNM, Washington)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

Distribution

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

References

  1. 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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