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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Zetela (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Images: Zetela tangaroa B.A. Marshall, 1999
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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Zetela (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Details: Zetela tangaroa B.A. Marshall, 1999
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.8mm
Distribution:
Eastern South Island, Auckland Islands and Chatham Rise, from 510-1110m
Type Data:
  • 990 metres, northern Mernoo Slope, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 690 metres, SE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
  • 760 metres, SE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 785 metres, SE of Banks Peninsula, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.40) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil