Zemitrella circumcincta

Zemitrella circumcincta
Shell of Zemitrella circumcincta (specimen at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zemitrella
Species:	Z. circumcincta
Binomial name
Zemitrella circumcincta Dell, 1962

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Cook Strait and South Island

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella circumcincta Dell, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511752 on 2023-11-14

• DELL, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand. Records of the Dominion Museum, 4 (6) : 67–76.
• Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• 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

• Conchology.be: image