''Admetula atopodonta'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.

Description

Distribution

References

* Verhecken A. (1997) Mollusca Gastropoda: ''Arafura Sea Cancellariidae collected during the Karubar cruise''. In: A. Crosnier & P. Bouchet (eds), Résultats des campagnes Musorstom, volume 16. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 172: 295–323. page(s): 299 * 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 * Verhecken A. (2011) ''The Cancellariidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 and Aurora 2007 deep sea cruises in the Philippines, with description of six new species (Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea).'' Vita Malacologica 9: 1–60. ublished 31 May 2011

External links

* Cancellariidae Gastropods described in 1986 {{cancellariidae-stub