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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> circumcincta (Species)
Images: Zemitrella circumcincta Dell, 1962
Holotype, collected 23 Jan 1957, NE of Otago Peninsula, Taiaroa Canyon, NZ (M.015008). ~6.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> circumcincta (Species)
Details: Zemitrella circumcincta Dell, 1962
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 3.3mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait and South Island. Taiaroa Canyon, NE of Otago Peninsula, trawled in 550 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.185)
  • Dell, R.K. 1962 Additional archibenthal Mollusca from New Zealand, Records of the Dominion Museum, 4(6) (p.71) 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