Zemitrella circumcincta

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Zemitrella circumcincta
Shell of Zemitrella circumcincta (specimen at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zemitrella
Species:
Z. circumcincta
Binomial name
Zemitrella circumcincta
Dell, 1962

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

Distribution[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella circumcincta Dell, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511752 on 2023-11-14
  • DELL, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, 4 (6) : 67–76.
  • 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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