Admetula afra

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Admetula afra
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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]
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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]

Contents

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

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 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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