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Zetela annectens

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Zetela annectens
Shell of Zetela annectens (specimen at Museum of New Zealand)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Zetela
Species:
Z. annectens
Binomial name
Zetela annectens
Marshall, 1999[1]

Zetela annectens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 5.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off the Great Barrier Island at depths between 486 m and 655 m.

References

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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