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Zemitrella daemona

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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[1]

Columbella daemona W. H. Webster, 1906 superseded combination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.[1]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
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