Biology:Admete viridula

Short description: Species of sea snail

Admete viridula
Shell of Admete viridula undata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Admete
Species:	A. viridula
Binomial name
Admete viridula (Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms
Admete abnormis Harmer, 1918 Admete borealis A. Adams, 1855, Admete couthouyi (Jay, 1839) Admete crispa Møller, 1842 Admete distincta Leche, 1878 Admete grandis Mörch, 1869 Admete laevior Leche, 1878 Admete middendorffiana Dall, 1885 Admete producta Sars, 1878 Admete undata Leche, 1878 Admete undatocostata Verkrüzen, 1875 (dubious synonym) Admete viridula var. distincta Leche, 1878 Admete viridula var. elongata Leche, 1878 Admete viridula var. grandis Mörch, 1869 Admete viridula var. laevior Leche, 1878 Admete viridula var. producta (Fabricius, 1780) Admete viridula var. producta Sars G.O., 1878 Admete viridula var. undata Leche, 1878 Admete viridula var. ventricosa Friele, 1879 Cancellaria buccinoides Couthouy, 1838 (non-Sowerby, 1832) Invalid: junior homonym of Cancellaria buccinoides Sowerby, 1832) Cancellaria couthouyi Jay, 1839 (dubious synonym) Murex costellifer Sowerby J. de C., 1832 (dubious synonym) † Nematoma tomiyaensis iiokaensis Ozaki, 1958 Propebela viridula (Fabricius, 1780) Tritonium viridulum Fabricius, 1780 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 27 mm

Distribution

This species is found in circumarctic waters (Norway , Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Bering Strait, Alaska), in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Maine.

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
• Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p
• Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324
• Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp
• Bromley, J.E.C., and J.S. Bleakney. 1984. Keys to the fauna and flora of Minas Basin. National Research Council of Canada Report 24119. 366 p.
• Gosner, K.L. 1971. Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 693 p
• Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.

External links

• "Admete viridula" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_6082.shtml. 
• 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 ☰ Q3137749 entry