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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:
Southern South Island, Stewart Island and Bounty Islands
Geographical Range:
FAn
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

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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