Neadmete modesta
| Neadmete modesta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Cancellarioidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Subfamily: | Admetinae |
| Genus: | Neadmete |
| Species: | N. modesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Neadmete modesta (Carpenter, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Neadmete modesta, common name the modest admete, 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 16 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Aleutians to Baja California, Mexico, at depths between 1 m and 20 m.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Neadmete modesta (Carpenter, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
- 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. Wiesbaden, 428pp.
- Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K