Admetula evulsa
Extinct species of gastropod
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Admetula evulsa is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, also referred to as the nutmeg snails.[1]
| Admetula evulsa | |
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| Shell of Admetula evulsa (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Volutoidea |
| Family: | Cancellariidae |
| Genus: | Admetula |
| Species: | †A. evulsa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Admetula evulsa (Solander, 1766) | |
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Distribution
Fossils have been found in Eocene strata in Île-de-France, France.
