Zeadmete subantarctica

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

Zeadmete subantarctica 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 4.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

Distribution

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

References

1. Zeadmete subantarctica Powell, 1933 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 April 2010.

• 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.

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 ]}
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