Africotriton adelphum

Africotriton adelphum
Shell of Africotriton adelphum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Africotriton
Species:	A. adelphum
Binomial name
Africotriton adelphum Bouchet & Petit, 2002[1]

Africotriton adelphum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Bouchet & Petit. 2002. Nautilus 116 (3): 95–104. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 April 2010.
2. Africotriton adelphum Bouchet & Petit, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.

External links

• Bouchet P. & Petit R.E. (2002). New species of deep-water Cancellariidae (Gastropoda) from the southwestern Pacific. The Nautilus 116(3): 95–104