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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> rosea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alcira sanguinea Suter, 1908
=Columbella pseutes Suter, 1906
=Obeliscus roseus Hutton, 1873
Images: Zemitrella rosea (Hutton, 1873)
Syntype, collected no other data, NZ (M.000781). ~4.5mm. © 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)
> rosea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alcira sanguinea Suter, 1908
=Columbella pseutes Suter, 1906
=Obeliscus roseus Hutton, 1873
Details: Zemitrella rosea (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait southwards and southern islands
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.186)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) 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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