Biology:Nothoadmete antarctica
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Nothoadmete |
| Species: | N. antarctica
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| Nothoadmete antarctica (Strebel, 1908)
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Nothoadmete antarctica 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 12 mm (0.472441 inches). Their habitat is benthic in water seafloors.
Distribution
This species occurs in Antarctic waters off South Georgia Islands, the South Orkneys and the South Shetlands. It is a benthic animal. With a depth range from 73 to 659 meters. It is a subtropical animal, from 54°S - 65°S, 180°E - 36°E.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nothoadmete antarctica (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 November 2012.
- ↑ "Nothoadmete antarctica". https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Nothoadmete-antarctica.html.
- 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. [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
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q7062909 entry
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