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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)
> ovalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
=Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
Images: Zeadmete ovalis (Dell, 1956)
Holotype, collected 01 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, NZ (M.009780). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 150-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4mm
Dredged in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 4.8mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: ADMETINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Admetinae (Subfamily)
> Zeadmete (Genus)
> ovalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Oamaruia (Zeadmete) Finlay, 1926
=Vercomaris Garrard, 1975
Details: Zeadmete ovalis (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.8mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Otago 450 metres, off Chatham Islands 230 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)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.114) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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