Zeadmete

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Zeadmete
Shell of Zeadmete apoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Zeadmete
Finlay, 1926
Type species
Cancellaria trailli F. W. Hutton, 1873
Synonyms[1]
  • Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
  • Vercomaris Garrard, 1975

Zeadmete is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Zeadmete include:[1]

Species brought into synonymy

References[edit]

  • Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Verhecken A. (2011) The Cancellariidae of the Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project 2004 and the Panglao 2005 and Aurora 2007 deep sea cruises in the Philippines, with description of six new species (Neogastropoda, Cancellarioidea). Vita Malacologica 9: 1-60. [Published 31 May 2011] [details]