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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: ADMETINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Admetinae (Subfamily)
> Zeadmete (Genus)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
=Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
Images: Zeadmete aupouria (Powell, 1940)
Holotype, collected in 260 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ (MA72171). 2.5mm. © 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)
> aupouria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
=Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
Details: Zeadmete aupouria (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, 250 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.225)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.243) Original Description

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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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