Zeadmete barkeri

Zeadmete barkeri
Shell of Zeadmete barkeri (holotype at the Auckland Museum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Zeadmete
Species:	Z. barkeri
Binomial name
Zeadmete barkeri Powell, 1952

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.8 mm, its diameter 4.75 mm. ^[2] The shell is very light coloured cream-white and coils 4 times to a point at the opposite end of the opening of the shell. Each coil is smaller than the last.

The shell is not smooth, with consistent bumps around the outside.

The shell has one imperfect Stadium (geometry) shaped opening.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. It can be found off Mayor Island, the Bay of Plenty, and the North Island. ^[3]

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeadmete barkeri Powell, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464885 on 2023-10-19
2. "Zeadmete Barkeri". New Zealand Mollusca. New Zealand Mollusca.
3. "Zeadmete Barkeri". New Zealand Mollusca. New Zealand Mollusca.

• 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

External links

• Powell, A. W. B. (1952). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, with Descriptions of New Species, Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 4: 169–185. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906061. Wikidata   Q58676734.
• Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}