Zeadmete ovalis

Zeadmete ovalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Cancellariidae
Genus:	Zeadmete
Species:	Z. ovalis
Binomial name
Zeadmete ovalis Dell, 1956

Zeadmete ovalis 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 4.8 mm, its diameter 2.02 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island and the Chatham Islands.

References

1. Zeadmete ovalis Dell, 1956 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 April 2010.

• Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1-235.
• Hemmen J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Wiesbaden, 428pp
• 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

• 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 ]}
• Auckland Museum: image
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