Zemitrella elongata is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to New Zealand. Fossils were found in Pliocene strata in Palliser Bay.
References
- Beu, A.G. (1967) Deep-water Pliocene Mollusca from Palliser Bay, New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Geology, 5, 89âÂÂ122.
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232âÂÂ254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.