Zemitrella choava
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| Zemitrella choava | |
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| Live animal seen in Wellington Harbour, New Zealand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Zemitrella |
| Species: | Z. choava |
| Binomial name | |
| Zemitrella choava (Reeve, 1859) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Zemitrella choava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
The ovate shell is smooth, yellowish, freckled or longitudinally waved with chestnut. The outer lip is slightly thickened in the middle and dentate within. [2]
