Misplaced Pages

Zemitrella daemona

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of sea snail

Zemitrella daemona
Shell of Zemitrella daemona (specimen at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa)
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. daemona
Binomial name
Zemitrella daemona
(W. H. Webster, 1906)
Synonyms

Columbella daemona W. H. Webster, 1906 superseded combination

Zemitrella daemona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2023)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland to Bay of Plenty.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zemitrella daemona (W. H. Webster, 1906). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511753 on 2023-11-14
  • Webster, W. H. (1906). Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 38: 305–308.
  • 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

Taxon identifiers
Zemitrella daemona


Stub icon

This Columbellidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: