''Paradmete'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contains ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Paradmete'' include:
* ''
Paradmete arnaudi''
Numanami, 1996
* ''
Paradmete breidensis''
Numanami, 1996
* ''
Paradmete cryptomara''
(Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)
* ''
Paradmete curta''
(Strebel, 1908)
* ''
Paradmete fragillima''
(Watson, 1882)
* ''
Paradmete percarinata''
Powell, 1951
;Synonyms:
* ''Paradmete longicauda''
(Strebel, 1908):
synonym of ''
Paradmete curta''
(Strebel, 1908)
References
* Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae
Gastropod genera
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