Admete tabulata

Admete tabulata
Drawing of a shell of Admete tabulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. tabulata
Binomial name
Admete tabulata
G.B. Sowerby III, 1875

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.

The whorls exhibit a narrow tabulate structure, characterized by granular texture resulting from intersecting ribs. The shell, predominantly white, is covered by a brownish epidermis. The columella displays minute plications. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in Arctic waters.

References

  1. ^ Admete tabulata Sowerby, 1875. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2012.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon - Manual of conchology, structural and systematic : with illustrations of the species vol. VII; Philadelphia, Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences 1879-1898 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.


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