Admetula bayeri

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]

Bayer's nutmeg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Cancellarioidea
Family:
Cancellariidae
Subfamily:
Admetinae
Genus:
Admetula
Species:
A. bayeri
Binomial name
Admetula bayeri
Petit, 1976
Synonyms[1]

Bonellitia bayeri (Petit, 1976)

Description

Distribution

This species is found in the Caribbean Sea and along Mexico.

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


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