Zemitrella sulcata

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Zemitrella sulcata
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Shell of Zemitrella sulcata (specimen at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zemitrella
Species:
Z. sulcata
Binomial name
Zemitrella sulcata
(F. W. Hutton, 1873)
Synonyms [1]
  • Columbella huttoniSuter, 1904 (unused substitute name, see...)
  • Columbella inconstansSuter, 1906
  • Columbella varians F. W. Hutton, 1885 (invalid: junior homonym of C....)
  • Lachesis sulcataF. W. Hutton, 1873 · unaccepted (original combination)

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

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Description

The height of the shell attains 9 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is turreted and show convex whorls. The suture is straight and deep. The aperture is obovate, prolonged into a very short siphonal canal. The body whorl is about as long as the spire. The whorls are rather flattened, deeply distantly spirally grooved, about eight on the body whorl. The outer lip is thickened. The shell is reddish brown, sometimes variegated with white. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off South Island, from Cook Strait south to Snares Islands and Auckland Island

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella sulcata (F. W. Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511770 on 2023-11-16
  2. ↑ Hutton, F. W. (1873). Catalogue of the marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species. Didsbury, Wellington, xx + 116 pp
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