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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: UMBONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Umboniinae (Subfamily)
> Zethalia (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Umbonium Link, 1807
=Ethaliopsis Cossmann, 1918
Synonymised Names:
=Globulus anguliferus Philippi, 1852
=Rotella zelandica Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Umbonium zelandicum A. Adams, 1854
Images: Zethalia zelandica (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1855)
Kaimaumau Beach, Far North, NZ. 23mm
Kaimaumau Beach, Far North, NZ. 23mm
Kaimaumau Beach, Far North, NZ. 23mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: UMBONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Umboniinae (Subfamily)
> Zethalia (Genus)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Umbonium Link, 1807
=Ethaliopsis Cossmann, 1918
Synonymised Names:
=Globulus anguliferus Philippi, 1852
=Rotella zelandica Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Umbonium zelandicum A. Adams, 1854
Details: Zethalia zelandica (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Width 26mm, Height 15mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Lower littoral to sublittoral
Notes:
Wheel Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.347)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.65)

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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