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Zeadmete trailli

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Zeadmete trailli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Zeadmete
Species:
Z. trailli
Binomial name
Zeadmete trailli
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria trailli Hutton, 1873

Zeadmete trailli 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 8.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The small, thin, oval shell is white. The spire is short. The whorls are angled. The entire shell is very finely cancellated. The columella contains three oblique folds. The outer lip is slightly crenate. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island to Stewart Island

References

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  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • 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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