Admetula afra

Admetula afra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Admetula
Species:
A. afra
Binomial name
Admetula afra
Petit & Harasewych, 2000[1]
Synonyms

Bonellitia afra (Petit & Harasewych, 2000)

Admetula afra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, called the nutmeg snails.[2]

The specific name afra is a feminine of afer, that means "African".[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Natal, South Africa[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Petit R. E. & Harasewych M. G. (2000). "Additions to the Cancellariid (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Fauna of South Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1): 145–154. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8310
  2. ^ Admetula afra Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.


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