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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Zygomelon (Genus)
> zodion (Species)
Images: Zygomelon zodion Harasewych & Marshall, 1995
Collected in 1300-1400 metres, N Bounty Trough, NZ. Image: K. Walton, rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
VOLUTIDAE: CYMBIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Volutidae (Family)
> Cymbiinae (Subfamily)
> Zygomelon (Genus)
> zodion (Species)
Details: Zygomelon zodion Harasewych & Marshall, 1995
Size/Grows to:
Height 75mm, Width 34mm
Distribution:
Off SE New Zealand. Bounty Plateau & Trough, 734-1386 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bail, P., Limpus, A. 2005 A Conchological Iconography 11, The Recent Volutes of New Zealand, with a revision of the genus Alcithoe H. & A. Adams, 1853, ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany (p.63)
  • Harasewych, M.G., Marshall, B.A. 1995 Zygomelon zodion, a new genus and species of bathyal volute from New Zealand, The Veliger, 38(2) (p.145) Original Description

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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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