| 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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