Admete (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Admete"
fossil_range =


image_caption =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Neogastropoda
superfamilia = Cancellarioidea
familia = Cancellariidae
genus = "Admete"
genus_authority = Krøyer, 1842
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Admete" is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cancellariidae.

Distribution

These snails are endemic to Arctic and Antarctic oceans.

Description

The shells have a tall spire and a concave columellar, bearing two to five very weak or obsolete median spiral plaits.

pecies

* "Admete californica" (Dall, 1908) - California admete
* "Admete couthouyi" (Jay, 1839) - northern admete
* "Admete gracilior" (Carpenter, 1869) - slender admete
* "Admete harpovoluta" Powell, 1957
* "Admete laevior" Leche, 1878
* "Admete microscopica" Dall, 1889
* "Admete microsoma" (Dall, 1908)
* "Admete nodosa" Verrill and Smith, 1885
* "Admete regina" Dall, 1911 - noble admete
* "Admete viridula" (Fabricius, 1780) - northern admete

References

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* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1