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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Volvarina (Genus)
> parvistriata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hyalina (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
=Marginella (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Haloginella parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
=Marginella (Glabella) parvistriata Suter, 1908
=Mesoginella parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
=Serrata parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Volvarina (Genus)
> parvistriata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hyalina (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
=Marginella (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Haloginella parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
=Marginella (Glabella) parvistriata Suter, 1908
=Mesoginella parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
=Serrata parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
Details: Volvarina parvistriata (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 1.7mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island as far north as Otago Peninsula, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, and Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 8-220m
Type Data:
  • 25 metres, Foveaux Strait, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.218)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.183) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil