Admetula epula
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| taxon = Admetula epula
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| synonyms = Bonellitia epula (Petit & Harasewych, 1991)
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Admetula epula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.{{WRMS species|465420 |Admetula epula Petit & Harasewych, 1991||29 October 2010}}
Description
The shell size is 10 mm. it is distinguished from other species by its lack of varices and its smooth outer lip.{{Cite book |last=Biological Society of Washington |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34808869#page/199/mode/1up |title=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |last2=Washington |first2=Biological Society of |last3=Washington |first3=Biological Society of |last4=Washington |first4=Biological Society of |last5=Institution |first5=Smithsonian |last6=Institution |first6=Smithsonian |date=1991 |publisher=Biological Society of Washington |volume=v.104 (1991) |location=Washington}}
The specific name is named after the Latin word 'epula' (meaning banquet or feast) since all specimens have been collected from the gut contents of bottom-feeding fish.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa.
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References
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- 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. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34808869 Petit R.E. & Harasewych M.G. (1991). A new Admetula (Gastropoda: Cancellariidae) from South Africa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 104(1): 181–183]
- [http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35459969 Petit R.E. & Harasewych M.G. (2000). Additions to the cancellariid (Mollusca : Neogastropoda) fauna of South Africa. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 113(1): 145-154]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1991
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