Zemitrella fallax

Zemitrella fallax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Zemitrella
Species:	Z. fallax
Binomial name
Zemitrella fallax Powell, 1940

Zemitrella fallax is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

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The length of the shell attains 3 mm, its diameter is 1.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Northland to Mahia.

References

• Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 70: 205-248
• Mollusca.co.nz : image

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