Zemitrella choava

Zemitrella choava
Live animal seen in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zemitrella
Species:	Z. choava
Binomial name
Zemitrella choava (Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
Columbella choavaReeve, 1859 (original combination) Pyrene flexuosusF. W. Hutton, 1878 (junior subjective synonym)

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

Description

Drawing of a shell of Zemitrella choava

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

The ovate shell is smooth, yellowish, freckled or longitudinally waved with chestnut. The outer lip is slightly thickened in the middle and dentate within. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off North Island, South Island and Stewart Island. Also Kermadec Islands.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella choava (Reeve, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511751 on 2023-11-13
2. G.W. Tryon (1883) Manual of Conchology vol. V; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

• 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.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Hutton, F.W. (1878). Révision des coquilles de la Nouvelle-Zélande et des Iles Chatham. Journal de Conchyliologie. 26(1): 5-57
• Conchology.be: image