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Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Eulima paxillus Hedley, 1904 |
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Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Eulima paxillus Hedley, 1904 |
Details: Melanella paxillus (Hedley, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm
Distribution:
Foveaux Strait
Geographical Range:
F
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.140)
- Hedley, C. 1904 Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of New Zealand, Records of the Australian Museum, 5(2) (p.96) Original Description
Key to 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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