Zemitrella bikiniensis

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

Zemitrella bikiniensis
Shell of Zemitrella bikiniensis (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Zemitrella
Species:
Z. bikiniensis
Binomial name
Zemitrella bikiniensis
Ladd, 1977

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3.7 mm, its diameter 1.4 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell is fusiform and stout. The protoconch consists of about two smooth convex whorls, followed by four gently convex whorls. The suture is deeply impressed, giving the whorls a slight shoulder. The aperture is elongate, slightly sinuous, less than half the length of the shell. The outer lip is thickened, notched posteriorly and dentate within. The inner lip shows a moderately heavy callus. The siphonal canal is short. The shell is smooth except for weak spirals at the base of the body whorl.[2]

Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Late Miocene strata on Bikini, Marshall Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella bikiniensis Ladd, 1977 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1619082 Archived 2023-11-16 at the Wayback Machine on 2023-11-16
  2. ^ Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 (PD-gov-USGS)