Admete philippii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Admete philippii
Shell of Admete philippii (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. philippii
Binomial name
Admete philippii
Ihering, 1907
Synonyms[1]
  • Admete philippii Carcelles, 1950
  • Cancellaria australis Philippi, 1855 (non-Sowerby, 1832)

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 13 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Magellanic Straits. There is also one mentioning off New South Wales, Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Admete philippii Ihering, 1907. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • Carcelles, A. (1950) Catálogo de los moluscos marinos de la Patagonia. Anales del Museo Nahuel Huapí, 2, 44–100.
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