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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> choava (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella choava Reeve, 1859
=Pyrene flexuosus Hutton, 1878
Images: Zemitrella choava (Reeve, 1859)
In shell sand, Kaikoura Peninsula, NZ. 4mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Zemitrella (Genus)
> choava (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella choava Reeve, 1859
=Pyrene flexuosus Hutton, 1878
Details: Zemitrella choava (Reeve, 1859)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.5mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and southern North Island, and northern South Island (Nelson and Lyttelton), from 0-128m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.185)

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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