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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: MARGARELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Margarellinae (Subfamily)
> Margarella (Genus)
> expansa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Margarita expansa G.B. Sowerby I, 1838
=Photinula expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
=Trochus (Margarita) hillii Forbes, 1852
Images: Margarella expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
Collected in 1930, 1-5 metes, Kerguelen Island, Antarctic Region. 11mm
Collected in 1930, 1-5 metes, Kerguelen Island, Antarctic Region. 11mm
Collected in 1930, 1-5 metes, Kerguelen Island, Antarctic Region. 11mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: MARGARELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Margarellinae (Subfamily)
> Margarella (Genus)
> expansa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Margarita expansa G.B. Sowerby I, 1838
=Photinula expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
=Trochus (Margarita) hillii Forbes, 1852
Details: Margarella expansa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1838)
Distribution:
Sub-Antarctic Islands
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Sowerby I, G.B. 1838 A descriptive catalogue of the species of Leach's genus Margarita., The Malacological and Conchological Magazine, 1 (p.24) Original Description

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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