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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Syrnola (Genus)
> menda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Heida Dall, 1903
=Odontostomia (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Odostomia (Heida) Dall, 1903
=Pyramidella (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Syrnola (Loxoptyxis) Cossmann, 1888
=Syrnola (Pachysyrnola) Cossmann, 1907
Images: Syrnola menda Finlay, 1927
Holotype, collected in 73 metres, off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70747). 6.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Syrnola (Genus)
> menda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Heida Dall, 1903
=Odontostomia (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Odostomia (Heida) Dall, 1903
=Pyramidella (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Syrnola (Loxoptyxis) Cossmann, 1888
=Syrnola (Pachysyrnola) Cossmann, 1907
Details: Syrnola menda Finlay, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.7mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Hauraki Gulf
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.260)
  • Laws, C.R. 1937 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 4 - The Syrnolid Genera, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 67 (p.306)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.405) Original Description

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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
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