Zetela semisculpta

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Zetela semisculpta
Spectamen semisculptum 001.jpg
Original drawing with two views of a shell of Zetela semisculpta
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Solariellidae
Genus: Zetela
Species:
Z. semisculpta
Binomial name
Zetela semisculpta
(Martens, 1904)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum Martens, 1904
  • Cyclostrema semisculptum Martens, 1904
  • Solariella chuni Thiele, 1925
  • Solariella gilchristi Barnard, 1963
  • Solariella intermissa Thiele, 1925
  • Solariella macleari Barnard, 1963
  • Solariella semisculpta (Martens, 1904)
  • Spectamen semisculptum (Martens, 1904)

Zetela semisculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]

Description

(described as Spectamen semisculptum) The height of the shell attains 3.1 mm, its diameter 4.6 mm. The thin, white shell has a depressed turbinate shape with a wide umbilicus. The acute spire is conoid. It contains 4½ convex whorls. The suture is distinct, and not channeled. The umbilicus is funnel-shaped. The rounded aperture is slightly oblique. The peristome is thin, outer margin very colunellari slightly arched. The outer lip is pronounced. The columella is slightly arched.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal and the Agulhas Bank, Rep. South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Zetela semisculpta (Martens, 1904). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865148 on 2018-12-28
  2. ^ Herbert D.G. (2015). An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca). Zootaxa. 4049(1): 1-98.
  3. ^ von Martens (1904) Die beschalten Gastropoden der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–1899.. In. A. Systematisch-geographischer Theil., vol. 7 Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899, 1–146 (described in Latin as Cyclostrema (Tubiola) semisculptum)

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