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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Hypermastus (Genus)
> bulbulus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Balcis pervegrandis Powell, 1940
=Eulima (Mucronalia) bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Hypermastus bulbula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Images: Hypermastus bulbulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Dredged off Rarawa, Far North. 13mm
Holotype of Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001774). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Balcis pervegrandis Powell, collected in 42 metres, off Ahipara, Northland, NZ (MA72015). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged, east coast Coromandel, NZ. Courtesy of Claire Elliot
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Hypermastus (Genus)
> bulbulus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Balcis pervegrandis Powell, 1940
=Eulima (Mucronalia) bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Hypermastus bulbula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Details: Hypermastus bulbulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Off Northland east coast
Geographical Range:
AR.Fo.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.141)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.298) 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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