Admetula bayeri

Admetula bayeri
Shell of Admetula bayeri (holotype at the USNM, Washington)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Admetula
Species:	A. bayeri
Binomial name
Admetula bayeri Petit, 1976
Synonyms[1]
Bonellitia bayeri (Petit, 1976)

Admetula bayeri, common name: Bayer's nutmeg, is a species of sea snail; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Caribbean Sea and off Yucatan, Mexico.^[citation needed]

References

1. Admetula bayeri Petit, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 October 2010.

• Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3–161. NIZT 682
• Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp

External links

• Petit R.E. (1976). Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - III. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 12(1-2): 33-43