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

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 4.8 mm, its diameter 2.02 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  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
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