Admetula afra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, called the nutmeg snails.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admetula |
| Species: | A. afra
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| Binomial name | |
| Admetula afra Petit & Harasewych, 2000[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Bonellitia afra (Petit & Harasewych, 2000) | |
The specific name afra is a feminine of afer, that means "African".[1]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Petit R. E. & Harasewych M. G. (2000). "Additions to the Cancellariid (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Fauna of South Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1): 145–154. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8310
- ^ Admetula afra Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
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.
- Biolib.cz: image
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