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Taxonomy
Family:
CHORISTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Choristellidae (Family)
> Choristella (Genus)
> marshalli (Species)
Images: Choristella marshalli McLean, 1992
Holotype, collected 15 Jun 1984, SE of Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.109053). 7.9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHORISTELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Lepetelloidea (Superfamily)
> Choristellidae (Family)
> Choristella (Genus)
> marshalli (Species)
Details: Choristella marshalli McLean, 1992
Size/Grows to:
Height 8.8mm, Width 7.9mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Marine, In Skate egg cases
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • McLean, J.H. 1992 Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Archaeogastropoda: Lepetellacea) with descriptions of new species, The Veliger, 35(4) (p.278) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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