Zemitrella

Belongs within: Columbellidae.

Zemitrella is a New Zealand genus of columbellids with a high-spired, almost straight-sided shell and a narrow, parallel-sided aperture.

<==Zemitrella Finlay 1926W94
    |--*Z. sulcata (Hutton 1873)P61 [=Lachesis sulcataP61, Columbella huttoni Suter 1904F27; incl. C. inconstans Suter 1906F27]
    |--Z. annectens Powell 1937P61
    |--Z. attenuata Powell 1940P61
    |--Z. benthicola Dell 1956P61
    |--Z. chaova (Reeve 1859)P61
    |--Z. constans Powell 1955P61
    |--Z. curvirostris Powell 1937P61
    |--Z. daemona (Webster 1906)P61 [=Atilia daemonaF27]
    |--Z. fallax Powell 1940P61
    |--Z. finlayi Powell 1933P61
    |--Z. inconspicua (Marshall 1918) [=Mitrella inconspicua]F27
    |--Z. laevigata (Suter 1908)P61
    |--Z. laevirostris Powell 1940P61
    |--Z. lincolnensisM54
    |--Z. menkeanaM54
    |--Z. pseudomarginata (Suter 1908)P61 [=Mitrella pseudomarginataF27; incl. Atilia biconicaF27]
    |--Z. pullaM54
    |--Z. regis Powell 1940P61
    |--Z. rosea (Hutton 1873)P61 [=Obeliscus roseusF27, Mitrella roseaF27; incl. Alcira sanguineaF27]
    |--Z. semiconvexaM54
    |--Z. sericea Powell 1937P61
    |--Z. stephanophora (Suter 1908)P61
    |--Z. turgida Powell 1937P61
    |--Z. websteri (Suter 1913)P61
    `--Z. whangaroaensis Dell 1956P61

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320–485.

[M54] Macpherson, J. H. 1954. Molluscs (sea shells and snails). In: Willis, J. M. (ed.) The Archipelago of the Recherche pp. 55–63. Australian Geographical Society: Melbourne.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4^th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

[W94] Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells vol. 2. Prosobranch Gastropods. Part Two (Neogastropods). Odyssey Publishing: Kallaroo (Western Australia).