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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Zetela (Genus)
> kopua (Species)
Images: Zetela kopua B.A. Marshall, 1999
2400-2450 metres, Lord Howe Rise, SE of Lord Howe Island
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Zetela (Genus)
> kopua (Species)
Details: Zetela kopua B.A. Marshall, 1999
Size/Grows to:
Width 14.2mm
Distribution:
Southern Lord Howe Rise, Norfolk Ridge and New Zealand. West Norfolk Ridge, Reinga Ridge, South Cavalli Seamount, Kermadec Ridge and Bounty Trough, from 774-2417m
Type Data:
  • 1390 metres, Northern Bounty Trough, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 1375 metres, Northern Bounty Trough, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.37) Original Description

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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