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Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Scissurella (Genus)
> prendrevillei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maxwellella Bandel, 1998
=Praescissurella Lozouet, 1998
=Reussella Bandel, 1998
=Schismope Jeffreys, 1856
=Woodwardia Crosse & Fischer, 1861
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella fairchildi Powell, 1933
=Scissurella marshalli Bandel, 1998
=Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948
Images: Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933
Holotype, collected Feb 1933, off Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70701). 1.2mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Paratype, collected Jun 1893, off Bounty Islands, NZ (MA72369). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
SCISSURELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Scissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Scissurellidae (Family)
> Scissurella (Genus)
> prendrevillei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Maxwellella Bandel, 1998
=Praescissurella Lozouet, 1998
=Reussella Bandel, 1998
=Schismope Jeffreys, 1856
=Woodwardia Crosse & Fischer, 1861
Synonymised Names:
=Scissurella fairchildi Powell, 1933
=Scissurella marshalli Bandel, 1998
=Scissurella stellae Fleming, 1948
Details: Scissurella prendrevillei Powell, 1933
Size/Grows to:
Width 1.2mm, Height 0.7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
Type Data:
  • 33 metres, Reef between Great Island and Farmer Rocks, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (type of marshalli Bandel, 1998)
  • 18 metres, off Owenga, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • 310 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (paratype, type of fairchildi Powell, 1933)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2002 Some Recent Scissurellids from the New Zealand region and remarks on some Scissurellid genus group names (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda), Molluscan Research, 22 (p.168)
  • Bandel, K. 1998 Scissurellidae als Modell für die Variationsbreite einer Natürlichen Einheit der Schlitzbandschnecken (Mollusca; Archaeogastropoda), Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-paläontogischen Institut der Universität Hamburg, 81 (p.12)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.34)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 The marine Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.193) 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