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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> sulcata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella huttoni Suter, 1904
=Columbella inconstans Suter, 1906
=Columbella varians Hutton, 1885
=Lachesis sulcata Hutton, 1873
=Zemitrella sulcata sulcata (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Zemitrella sulcata (Hutton, 1873)
Syntype, collected no other data, NZ (M.000083). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 7mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> sulcata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella huttoni Suter, 1904
=Columbella inconstans Suter, 1906
=Columbella varians Hutton, 1885
=Lachesis sulcata Hutton, 1873
=Zemitrella sulcata sulcata (Hutton, 1873) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Zemitrella sulcata (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 4mm
Distribution:
South Island, from Cook Strait south to Snares and Auckland Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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