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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Pelseneeria (Genus)
> bountyensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parastilifer A.V. Ivanov, 1952
=Rosenia Nierstrasz, 1913
=Stylina J. Fleming, 1828
=Turtonia Rosén, 1910
=Venustilifer Powell, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Hypermastus bountyensis Powell, 1933
Images: Pelseneeria bountyensis (Powell, 1933)
Holotype, collected Jun 1893, in 311 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ (MA72069). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 1.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Pelseneeria (Genus)
> bountyensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parastilifer A.V. Ivanov, 1952
=Rosenia Nierstrasz, 1913
=Stylina J. Fleming, 1828
=Turtonia Rosén, 1910
=Venustilifer Powell, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Hypermastus bountyensis Powell, 1933
Details: Pelseneeria bountyensis (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
Off Stewart and Bounty Islands
Geographical Range:
FAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A. 1981 Eulimid gastropods parasitic on echinoderms in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(3) (p.323)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.142)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.213)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 New species of marine Mollusca from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.235) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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