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Zemitrella epicroca K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Zemitrella
ID: 1370713
pID: 847346
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-14 06:06:37 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-20 06:04:55
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1370713/
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[[t:1370713;<em>Zemitrella epicroca</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1370713/"><em>Zemitrella epicroca</em></a>
pID: 847346
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Delsing Jan
Created: 2019-12-14 06:06:37 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-20 06:04:55
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1370713/
Text function: [[t:1370713;<em>Zemitrella epicroca</em>]]
[[t:1370713;<em>Zemitrella epicroca</em>]] K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id1370713/"><em>Zemitrella epicroca</em></a>
Data source: WORMS.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 98030
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2019-12-31 08:06:21 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Text ID: 98030
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Created: 2019-12-31 08:06:21 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1370713,textblock=98030,elang=EN;Description]]
Shell of minute size for genus, adult size up to 1.9 mm; fusiform, bulbously elongate. Suture slightly impressed. Protoconch paucispiral, -1.4 smooth whorls. Teleoconch of 2.75 whorls. Axial sculpture absent. Spiral sculp¬ture of basal cords, sloping strongly downwards, ventrally ranging to adapical edge of columella. Outer lip slightly thickened, with weak rim, smooth. Inner lip smooth. Columellar callus absent. Parietal callus absent. Columella smooth. Siphonal canal short, open, straight. Teleoconch whorls translucent, almost transparent, pale white in colour, with thin white band at mid-whorl. Protoconch white. Aperture and columella white. Holotype height 1.9 mm.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 98032
Text Type: 19
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Created: 2019-12-31 08:08:01 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1370713,textblock=98032,elang=EN;Interchangeable taxa]]
Text ID: 98032
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Created: 2019-12-31 08:08:01 - User Delsing Jan
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Zemitrella epicroca n. sp. is unique in the smooth, almost transparent shell, the sloping basal cords and the thin white band at mid whorl. The species displays some affinities with Z. finlayi Powell, 1933 and Z. benthicola Dell, 1956, but the generic placement is considered to be only tentative.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 98031
Text Type: 3
Page: 0
Created: 2019-12-31 08:07:12 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1370713,textblock=98031,elang=EN;Distribution]]
Text ID: 98031
Text Type: 3
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Created: 2019-12-31 08:07:12 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:1370713,textblock=98031,elang=EN;Distribution]]
New Caledonia, 222-577 m.
Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia.
Author: Jan Delsing
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