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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Tugali (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Emarginula (Tugali) suteri Thiele, 1917
=Emarginula suteri Thiele, 1917
=Tugali suteri suteri (Thiele, 1917) accepted, alternate representation
=Tugalia bascauda Hedley, 1917
Images: Tugali suteri (Thiele, 1917)
In beach drift, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 14mm
Collected in 19 metres, Leigh, south of marine reserve, Auckland, NZ (MA116871). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Tugali (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Synonymised Names:
=Emarginula (Tugali) suteri Thiele, 1917
=Emarginula suteri Thiele, 1917
=Tugali suteri suteri (Thiele, 1917) accepted, alternate representation
=Tugalia bascauda Hedley, 1917
Details: Tugali suteri (Thiele, 1917)
Size/Grows to:
Length 15mm, Width 11mm
Distribution:
North Island, Cook Strait and Chatham Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Anal fasciole consists of two radial ribs, compared to three in T. elegans
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2003 Four Limpets - Owhiro Bay, Wellington, Cookia, 15 (p.20)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.40)

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

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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