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]
The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2.2 mm.
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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off eastern Otago, Karitane Canyon.
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