Admete enderbyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Subfamily: | Admetinae |
| Genus: | Admete |
| Species: | A. enderbyensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Admete enderbyensis Powell, 1958
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 20 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Enderby Land, Antarctica
References
edit- ^ Admete enderbyensis Powell, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2012.
- Powell, A. W. B. (1958). Mollusca from the Victoria-Ross quadrants of Antarctica. In: Reports B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany), 6(9): 167-215.
- Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
External links
edit- 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.
- Southern Ocean Mollusc Database (SOMBASE)
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