Zetela annectens
| Zetela annectens | |
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| Shell of Zetela annectens (specimen at Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Solariellidae |
| Genus: | Zetela |
| Species: | Z. annectens |
| Binomial name | |
| Zetela annectens | |
Zetela annectens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae, the top snails.[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm. The shell is described as being higher than it is wide, in mature specimens, and chalky-white in colour. It resembles Lamellitrochus species, although it differs in the number of spiral cords in the base.[3]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Great Barrier Island at depths between 486 m and 655 m.
References
- ↑ Marshall (1999). The Nautilus 113 (1) : 4–42. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Zetela annectens Marshall, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
- ↑ Marshall, B,A. (1999). "A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region". Biodiversity Heritage Library. 113 (1) (4): 36.
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- Marshall, B.A. 1999: A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region. The Nautilus 113: 4-42