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Admete microsoma

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Admete microsoma
Shell of Admete microsoma (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Subfamily: Admetinae
Genus: Admete
Species:
A. microsoma
Binomial name
Admete microsoma
(Dall, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancellaria (Merica) microsoma Dall, 1908
  • Cancellaria microsoma Dall, 1908

Admete microsoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 3.5 mm, the maximum diameter 1.8 mm.

(Original description) The small, thin shell is covered with a pale brownish periostracum. It contains about five tabulate whorls beside the (lost) protoconch. The suture is distinct and not channelled. The whorl in front of it is flattened and beyond the keel at the shoulder moderately rounded.

The axial sculpture consists of lines of growth which are at intervals so prominent as to suggest faint ribs. The spiral sculpture comprises a marked keel at the shoulder, minutely undulate by the axial riblets, and followed by a wide interval. There are about eight less prominent spiral threads, separated by successively narrower intervals with microscopic intercalary threads, covering the whole base.

The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thin, simple and sharp. The body of the shell is smooth. The columella is straight, short, thin and contains two plaits, the anterior of which forms the edge of the columella. The anterior part of the aperture shows a distinct, but not deep, rounded notch. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Pacific Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ a b Admete microsoma (Dall, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 November 2012.
  2. ^ http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051 Dall, W. H. (1908). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43(6): 205-487, pls 1-22] Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • 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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