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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Xymenella (Genus)
> pusilla (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium suteri P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1921
=Trophon pusillus Suter, 1907
=Xymene gouldi of authors
=Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924
=Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)
Images: Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907)
Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 9mm
Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 9mm
Collected 5 Mar 1976, head of Anakoha Bay, Guards Bay, N of Picton, NZ (M.052174). ~11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 28 Aug 1981, Reotahi, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ (M.081233). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 8mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Xymenella (Genus)
> pusilla (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium suteri P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1921
=Trophon pusillus Suter, 1907
=Xymene gouldi of authors
=Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924
=Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)
Details: Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
North Island and east coast of South Island to Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.426)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.174)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.478)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Results of dredging in Hauraki Gulf; with descriptions of seven new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 39 (p.253) 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
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