Neadmete modesta

Neadmete modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Cancellarioidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Subfamily: Admetinae
Genus: Neadmete
Species: N. modesta
Binomial name
Neadmete modesta
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Admete modesta (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Cancellaria modesta Carpenter, 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 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


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