Zetela semisculpta

Zetela semisculpta
	Original drawing with two views of a shell of Zetela semisculpta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Solariellidae
Genus:	Zetela
Species:	Z. semisculpta
Binomial name
	Zetela semisculpta; (Martens, 1904)
Synonyms
	Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum Martens, 1904; Cyclostrema semisculptum Martens, 1904; Solariella chuni Thiele, 1925; Solariella gilchristi Barnard, 1963; Solariella intermissa Thiele, 1925; Solariella macleari Barnard, 1963; Solariella semisculpta (Martens, 1904); Spectamen semisculptum (Martens, 1904);

Zetela semisculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Solariellidae.^[1]^[2]

Description

(described as Spectamen semisculptum) The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm. The thin, white shell has a depressed turbinate shape with a wide umbilicus. The acute spire is conoid. It contains 41⁄2 convex whorls. The suture is distinct, and not channeled. The umbilicus is funnel-shaped. The rounded aperture is slightly oblique. The peristome is thin, outer margin very colunellari slightly arched. The outer lip is pronounced. The columella is slightly arched.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal and the Agulhas Bank, Rep. South Africa

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Zetela semisculpta (Martens, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865148 on 2018-12-28
^ Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98.
^ von Martens (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899.. In. A. Systematisch-geographischer Theil., vol. 7 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899, 1–146 (described in Latin as Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum)

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase (2018). Zetela semisculpta (Martens, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865148 on 2018-12-28

[2] Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98.

[3] von Martens (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899.. In. A. Systematisch-geographischer Theil., vol. 7 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899, 1–146 (described in Latin as Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum)

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