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Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: ADMETINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Admetinae (Subfamily)
> Zeadmete (Genus)
> barkeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
=Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
Images: Zeadmete barkeri (Powell, 1952)
Holotype, collected in 64 metres, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71195). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: ADMETINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Admetinae (Subfamily)
> Zeadmete (Genus)
> barkeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
=Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
Details: Zeadmete barkeri (Powell, 1952)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8.8mm, Width 4.7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south as The Aldermen Islands, from 30-805m
Type Data:
  • 64 metres, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.225)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1952 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(3) (p.184) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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