Cirsotrema zelebori

Taxobox
name = "Cirsotrema zelebori"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Heterogastropoda
familia = Epitoniidae
genus = Cirsotrema
species = "C. zelebori"
binomial = "Cirsotrema zelebori"
binomial_authority = (Dunker, 1866)
synonyms = "Scalaria zelebori" Dunker, 1866
"Scalaria intermedia" Hutton, 1873

"Cirsotrema zelebori" is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Epitoniidae, the wentletraps.

Distribution

This species is endemic to the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand.

Habitat

This wentletrap is found in sandy locations on the open coast, from shallow water down to depths of 180 m.

hell description

The shell is rather large and solid, tall-spired and strongly sculptured with rounded axials that are crenulated along their recurved thin edge. The interspaces bear distinct spiral cords, but a much stronger spiral ridge encircles the lower base. The aperture is circular, with a thickened continuous peristome.

The shell coloration is white. The operculum is circular and black.

The shell height is up to 31 mm, and the width is up to 11 mm.

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1