Admetula postera is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Admetula postera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admetula |
| Species: | †A. postera
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| Binomial name | |
| †Admetula postera (Beyrich, 1856)
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| Synonyms | |
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† Cancellaria evulsa postera Beyrich, 1856 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 19 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
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Distribution
editFossils have been found in late Oligocene–early Miocene strata in Northern Germany and in Hungary.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Admetula postera (Beyrich, 1856) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1492911 on 2024-05-04
External links
edit- Beyrich, E. (1856). Die Conchylien des norddeutschen Tertiärgebirges. 4: Fusus, Turbinella. 5: Cancellaria. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft. 8: 21–88, pls 1-10; 553–588, pl. 15-17
- Vicián, Z., Kovács, Z., Stein, G. (2019). Addition to the Egerian (late Oligocene – early Miocene) gastropod fauna of Esztergom (Hungary). Földtani Közlöny 149/2, 149-162
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