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

Admete tabulata
Drawing of a shell of Admete tabulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. tabulata
Binomial name
Admete tabulata
G.B. Sowerby III, 1875

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 22 mm.

The whorls exhibit a narrow tabulate structure, characterized by granular texture resulting from intersecting ribs. The shell, predominantly white, is covered by a brownish epidermis. The columella displays minute plications. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in Arctic waters.

References

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  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.
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