Admetula deroyae

Admetula deroyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admetula
Species:
A. deroyae
Binomial name
Admetula deroyae
(Petit, 1970)
Synonyms[1]

Agatrix deroyae Petit, 1970

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Galápagos Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Admetula deroyae (Petit, 1970). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • Petit R.E. (1970). Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)— II. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 8(2): 83-88, pl. 1.
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp


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