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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Murdochella (Genus)
> levifoliata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Scala levifoliata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001762). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Murdochella (Genus)
> levifoliata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Scala levifoliata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.7mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
Wanganella Bank, Raoul Island, Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern North Island, north-eastern and south-western South Island, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 11-805m
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.253)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.295) 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