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

Zeadmete barkeri
Shell of Zeadmete barkeri (holotype at the 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. barkeri
Binomial name
Zeadmete barkeri
Powell, 1952

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 8.8 mm, its diameter 4.75 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand

References edit

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zeadmete barkeri Powell, 1952. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464885 on 2023-10-19
  • 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 edit

  • Powell, A. W. B. (1952). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, with Descriptions of New Species, Part 1". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 4: 169–185. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906061. Wikidata Q58676734.
  • 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.