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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Pyramidelloides (Genus)
> pagoda (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Teretianax pagoda Powell, 1926
=Teretinax pagoda Powell, 1926
Images: Pyramidelloides pagoda (Powell, 1926)
Collected in shell sand, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 2.1mm
Holotype, collected in 1924, Tryphena, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72150). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Pyramidelloides (Genus)
> pagoda (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Teretianax pagoda Powell, 1926
=Teretinax pagoda Powell, 1926
Details: Pyramidelloides pagoda (Powell, 1926)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Motiti Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Ponder, W.F. 1985 A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea), Records of the Australian Museum (p.107)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.114)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1926 Descriptions of six New Species and a New Genus of Gastropod Mollusca from Northern New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 56 (p.596) 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
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