Admetula faksensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails.[1]
Admetula faksensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
Family: | Cancellariidae |
Genus: | Admetula |
Species: | †A. faksensis
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Binomial name | |
†Admetula faksensis Schnetler & Petit, 2006
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Distribution
editFossils have been found in Early Paleocene strata in Denmark.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Admetula faksensis Schnetler & Petit, 2006 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1498445 on 2024-05-04
- Schnetler, K. I., Petit, R. E. (2006). Revision of the gastropod family Cancellariidae from the Danian (Early Paleocene) of Fakse, Denmark. Cainozoic Research. 4(1–2), 97–108.