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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 sutherlandi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Images: Tugali suteri sutherlandi Fleming, 1948
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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 sutherlandi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Details: Tugali suteri sutherlandi Fleming, 1948
Size/Grows to:
Length 15mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Fiordland, South Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Radial ribs alternate in strength, and concentric riblets are much weaker, causing slight beading of the radials
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.40)
  • Fleming, C.A. 1948 New Species and Genera of Marine Mollusca from the Southland Fiords, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 77(1) (p.85) 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