Admetula bayeri, common name: Bayer's nutmeg, is a species of sea snail; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails.[1]
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| Shell of Admetula bayeri (holotype at the USNM, Washington) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admetula |
| Species: | A. bayeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Admetula bayeri Petit, 1976
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bonellitia bayeri (Petit, 1976) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 22 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Caribbean Sea and off Yucatan, Mexico.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ a b Admetula bayeri Petit, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2010.
- 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
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