Zemitrella contigua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Zemitrella contigua | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Zemitrella |
Species: | Z. contigua
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Binomial name | |
Zemitrella contigua A. W. B. Powell, 1934
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Distribution
editThis extant marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils have been found in Pliocene strata at Cape Runaway, New Zealand.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella contigua A. W. B. Powell, 1934. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831098 on 2023-11-14
- Powell, A. W. B. (1934). "Upper Pliocene Fossils from Cape Runaway". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 261–274. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905956. Wikidata Q58676565.
- 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.