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Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Pupatonia (Genus)
> pupinella (Species)
Images: Pupatonia pupinella (Finlay, 1927)
Neotype of Rissoa leptalea Murdoch, 1905, collected Jun 1955, off Poutama Island, South Cape, NZ (M.020247). 1.8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EATONIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cingulopsoidea (Superfamily)
> Eatoniellidae (Family)
> Pupatonia (Genus)
> pupinella (Species)
Details: Pupatonia pupinella (Finlay, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.85mm, Width 0.59mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island as far north as Taiere, Stewart Island and Auckland Islands
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.94)
  • Finlay, H. 1927 New specific names for Austral Mollusca, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 57 (p.494) 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
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