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Zemitrella rosea

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Zemitrella rosea
Shell of Zemitrella rosea (specimen at the 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. rosea
Binomial name
Zemitrella rosea
(F. W. Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms[1]
  • Alcira sanguinea Suter, 1908
  • Columbella pseutes Suter, 1906
  • Obeliscus roseus F. W. Hutton, 1873 (superseded combination)

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

Description

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The height of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is turreted. The whorls are flattened and smooth. The aperture is semi-oval, entire, and rounded anteriorly. The columella is straight, with more or less numerous folds.

The shell is white, or pinkish and is spirally banded with dark pink. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Cook Strait southwards and southern islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella rosea (F. W. Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511765 on 2023-11-16
  2. ^ Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch
  • 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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