Zeadmete trailli

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Subclass:Caenogastropoda
Order:Neogastropoda
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Zeadmete trailli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Zeadmete
Species:
Z. trailli
Binomial name
Zeadmete trailli
(Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]

Cancellaria trailli Hutton, 1873

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The small, thin, oval shell is white. The spire is short. The whorls are angled. The entire shell is very finely cancellated. The columella contains three oblique folds. The outer lip is slightly crenate.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island to Stewart Island

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