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Zeadmete finlayi

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Zeadmete finlayi
Shell of Zeadmete finlayi (holotype at Auckland Museum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Zeadmete
Species:
Z. finlayi
Binomial name
Zeadmete finlayi
Powell, 1940
Synonyms[1]

Admete finlayi (Powell, 1940)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Zeadmete finlayi Powell, 1940. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 October 2010.
  • Petit, R.E. & Harasewych, M.G. (2005) Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)- 2nd edition. Zootaxa, 1102, 3–161. NIZT 682
  • 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
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