Zetela semisculpta
Species of gastropod
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Zetela semisculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Solariellidae.[1][2]
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| Original drawing with two views of a shell of Zetela semisculpta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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) | |
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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 41⁄2 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, South Africa