Zemitrella whangaroaensis
| Zemitrella whangaroaensis | |
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| Shell of Zemitrella whangaroaensis (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zemitrella |
| Species: | Z. whangaroaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Zemitrella whangaroaensis Dell, 1956 | |
Zemitrella whangaroaensis 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 3.5 mm, its diameter is 1.4 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland. Wainui Bay, Whangaroa.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella whangaroaensis Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511773 on 2023-11-11
- Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1–235.
- 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.