Neadmete modesta

Neadmete modesta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Neadmete
Species:	N. modesta
Binomial name
Neadmete modesta (Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms [1]
Admete modesta (Carpenter, 1864) Cancellaria modestaCarpenter, 1864 (basionym)

Neadmete modesta, common name the modest admete, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails. ^[1]

Description

The snail Neadmete modesta has a strongly tabulated spire profile with a broadly channelled sutural ramp. This means that the spire (the top of the shell) is flat and has a wide channel at the suture (where the whorls of the shell meet). The aperture (the opening of the shell) of Neadmete modesta is narrower than that of other snails in the same genus, and it tapers anteriorly (towards the front of the shell). ^[2] The shell grows to a length of 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Aleutians to Baja California, Mexico, at depths between 1 m and 20 m.

References

1. Neadmete modesta (Carpenter, 1864) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 23 October 2011.
2. "Two new species of Cancellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from Brazil". The Nautilus. 106: 43–49. 1992. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.9712 . ISSN   0028-1344.

• 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. Wiesbaden, 428pp.
• Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K