Zemitrella daemona

Zemitrella daemona
Shell of Zemitrella daemona (specimen at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zemitrella
Species:
Z. daemona
Binomial name
Zemitrella daemona
(W. H. Webster, 1906)
Synonyms[1]

Columbella daemona W. H. Webster, 1906 superseded combination

Zemitrella daemona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) The shell is dull and displays a pale cream colour marked with rufous tones. It consists of five slightly rounded whorls: the first appears glossy and lacks any sculpture, while the second is finely striated in a radiating pattern. The sutures are well marked, and the columella stands vertical with a slight covering of enamel. The lip is thin and bears about twelve faint denticles. The siphonal canal shows approximately fifteen obscure striations, and the entire shell is covered with fine incremental striae. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland to Bay of Plenty.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella daemona (W. H. Webster, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511753 on 2023-11-14
  2. ↑ Webster, W. H. (1906). Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 38: 305–308 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
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