Zemitrella circumcincta
| Zemitrella circumcincta | |
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| Shell of Zemitrella circumcincta (specimen at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zemitrella |
| Species: | Z. circumcincta
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| Binomial name | |
| Zemitrella circumcincta Dell, 1962
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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.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Cook Strait and South Island
References
[edit]- ^ 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
External links
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