Zeadmete subantarctica

Zeadmete subantarctica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Zeadmete subantarctica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Zeadmete
Species:
Z. subantarctica
Binomial name
Zeadmete subantarctica
Powell, 1933

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Snares Island.

References

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  • Powell, A. W. B. (1933). New species of marine Mollusca from the subantarctic islands of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 20: 232-236.
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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