{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Zetela variabilis | image = Zetela variabilis 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of ''Zetela variabilis'' (specimen at theMuseum of New Zealand) | authority = Dell, 1956 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Solariella variabilis'' (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) | display_parents = 3 }}

'''''Zetela variabilis''''' is a minute deepwater species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Solariellidae.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Zetela variabilis'' Dell, 1956. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598243 on 2012-12-03</ref>

==Description== The length of the shell attains 5.75 mm. {{Expand section|date=November 2023}}

==Distribution== This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Pitt Island, South Island and Chatham Island at a depth of 284 m.

==References== {{reflist}} * Dell, R. K. (1956). The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand. Dominion Museum Bulletin. 18: 1-235. * Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}} * Marshall, B.A. 1999: ''A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand region''. The Nautilus 113: 4-42 * Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). ''Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin'', in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp.&nbsp;161–254

==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Zetela+variabilis Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)] * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598243 World Register of Marine Species] {{Taxonbar|from=Q3710084}}

variabilis Category:Gastropods of New Zealand Category:Gastropods described in 1956 Category:Taxa named by Richard Dell

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