Admetula bayeri, common name: Bayer's nutmeg, is a species of sea snail; a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails. The species is named for Dr. Frederick M. Bayer, Division of Biology and Living Resources of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami.
Description
The length of the shell attains 21.6 mm to 22 mm. It has a primarily white shell. Distribution This species is found in the Caribbean Sea and off the coast of Yucatan, Mexico.
References
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 Petit R.E. (1976). Notes on Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) - III. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology. 12(1-2): 33-43