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Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Argalista (Genus)
> nana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864
=Homalopoma (Argalista) Iredale, 1915
Images: Argalista nana Finlay, 1930
Holotype, dredged off Awanui Heads, Rangaunu Bay, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, dredged off Awanui Heads, Rangaunu Bay, NZ. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
In shell sand, Mathesons Bay, Leigh, NE of Warkworth, NZ. 2mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Argalista (Genus)
> nana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864
=Homalopoma (Argalista) Iredale, 1915
Details: Argalista nana Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.5mm, Height 0.9mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands to Northland
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.68)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.223) Original Description

*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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