Zebittium editum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Cerithiidae |
Genus: | Zebittium |
Species: | Z. editum |
Binomial name | |
Zebittium editum (Powell, 1930) | |
Synonyms | |
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Zebittium editum is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiidae, the cerithiids. This species is found only in New Zealand.
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
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