Admete viridula

Admete viridula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cancellarioidea
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Admete
Species:	A. viridula
Binomial name
*Admete viridula* (Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms^[1]
Admete borealis A. Adams, 1855, Admete contabulata Friele, 1879 Admete couthouyi (Jay, 1839) Admete crispa Møller, 1842 Admete distincta Leche, 1878 Admete laevior Leche, 1878 Admete middendorffiana Dall, 1885 Admete producta Sars, 1878 Admete undata Leche, 1878 Admete undatocostata Verkrüzen, 1875 Admete viridula var. laevior Leche, 1878 Admete viridula var. producta (Fabricius, 1780) Admete viridula var. ventricosa Friele, 1879 Cancellaria buccinoides Couthouy, 1838 (non-Sowerby, 1832) Cancellaria couthouyi Jay, 1839 Propebela viridula (Fabricius, 1780) Tritonium viridulum Fabricius, 1780 (basionym)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 27 mm

This species is found in circumarctic waters (Norway, Novaya Zemlya, Russia; Bering Strait, Alaska), in the northwest Atlantic Ocean and in the Gulf of Maine.

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