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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Zetela (Genus)
> textilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Minolia textilis Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Zetela textilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Minolia textilis Murdoch & Suter, 1906, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001123). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Zetela (Genus)
> textilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Minolia textilis Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Zetela textilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Width 5.6mm
Distribution:
North Island east coast from North Cape to Cape Kidnappers, 129-380 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.64)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.298) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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