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

Admete watanabei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. watanabei
Binomial name
Admete watanabei
Shikama, 1962

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 18 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

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  1. ^ Admete watanabei Shikama, 1962. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 November 2012.
  • Hasegawa K. (2009) Upper bathyal gastropods of the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan, chiefly collected by R/V Wakataka-maru. In: T. Fujita (ed.), Deep-sea fauna and pollutants off Pacific coast of northern Japan. National Museum of Nature and Science Monographs 39: 225–383
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