| Zemitrella benthicola | |
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| Shell of Zemitrella benthicola (specimen at the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zemitrella |
| Species: | Z. benthicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Zemitrella benthicola Dell, 1956 | |
Zemitrella benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
- Subspecies
- † Zemitrella benthicola elongata Beu, 1967:synonym of † Zemitrella elongata Beu, 1967
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern Otago, Karitane Canyon.
References
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella benthicola Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511747 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.
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