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Zetela semisculpta
Zetela semisculpta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Solariellidae.
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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 4.5 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.
Range & habitat
This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal and the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1213875.