Biology:Admete philippii

Short description: Species of gastropod

Admete philippii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Admete
Species:	A. philippii
Binomial name
Admete philippii Ihering, 1907
Synonyms
Admete philippii Carcelles, 1950 Cancellaria australis Philippi, 1855 (non-Sowerby, 1832)

Admete philippii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Magellanic Straits

External links

• Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1–8

Wikidata ☰ Q4683362 entry