- Tanea zelandica
Taxobox
name = "Tanea zelandica"
image_caption =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Gastropod a
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Caenogastropoda
ordo =Sorbeoconcha
subordo =Hypsogastropoda
infraordo =Littorinimorpha
superfamiliaNaticoidea
familia =Naticidae
genus = "Tanea "
species = "T. zelandica"
binomial = "Tanea zelandica"
binomial_authority = (Quoy andGaimard , 1832)
synonyms = "Natica zelandica"Quoy andGaimard , 1832"Tanea zelandica", or the necklace shell, is a
species of medium-sized seasnail , apredatory marinegastropod mollusc in the FamilyNaticidae , the moon shells.Distribution
This subspecies is endemic to
New Zealand .Habitat
This naticid is found from shallow water to depths of up to 550 m.
hell description
The shell is smooth and solid, the parietal callus filling the umbilicus except for a crescentic groove.
The shell coloration is yellowish-fawn, with five narrow whitish spiral bands, regularly patterned with crescentic to chevron-shaped chestnut markings.
The maximum shell height is 33 mm, and width 31 mm.
References
* Powell A W B, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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