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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Pyrgiscus (Genus)
> taiaroa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ortostelis Aradas & Maggiore, 1841
=Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937
=Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884
=Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
=Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884
=Turbonilla (Pyrgisculus) Monterosato, 1884
=Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
=Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pyrgiscilla taiaroa (Laws, 1937)
=Strioturbonilla taiaroa Laws, 1937
Images: Pyrgiscus taiaroa (Laws, 1937)
Holotype, collected off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70734). 4.1mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Pyrgiscus (Genus)
> taiaroa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ortostelis Aradas & Maggiore, 1841
=Pyrgiscilla Laws, 1937
=Pyrgisculus Monterosato, 1884
=Pyrgiscus (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
=Pyrgostelis Monterosato, 1884
=Turbonilla (Pyrgisculus) Monterosato, 1884
=Turbonilla (Pyrgiscus) Philippi, 1841
=Turbonilla (Pyrgostelis) Monterosato, 1884
Synonymised Names:
=Pyrgiscilla taiaroa (Laws, 1937)
=Strioturbonilla taiaroa Laws, 1937
Details: Pyrgiscus taiaroa (Laws, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.1mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:
Off Otago Heads, 130 metres
Geographical Range:
FE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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