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Zeadmete verheckeni

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Zeadmete verheckeni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Zeadmete
Species:
Z. verheckeni
Binomial name
Zeadmete verheckeni
Petit & Harasewych, 2000[1]

Zeadmete verheckeni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[2]

The specific name verheckeni is in honor of Belgian malacologist André Verhecken.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

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Natal, South Africa[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Petit R. E. & Harasewych M. G. (2000). "Additions to the Cancellariid (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) Fauna of South Africa". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1): 145–154. http://hdl.handle.net/10088/8310
  2. ^ Zeadmete verheckeni Petit & Harasewych, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2010.
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Verhecken A. (2020). New and poorly known species of Cancellariidae (Neogastropoda: Cancellarioidea) from the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific. Gloria Maris. 59(2): 40-89.