Zemitrella laevirostris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Zemitrella laevirostris | |
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Shell of Zemitrella laevirostris (specimen in the Museum of New Zealand) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Zemitrella |
Species: | Z. laevirostris
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Binomial name | |
Zemitrella laevirostris Powell, 1940
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.3 mm, its diameter 1.3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Far North and Ranfurly Bank.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella laevirostris Powell, 1940. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511760 on 2023-11-11
- 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
edit- Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 205-248
- Mollusca.co.nz : image