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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Leucosyrinx (Genus)
> eremita (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889
Synonymised Names:
=Liratilia eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Leucosyrinx eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001718). 8mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Leucosyrinx (Genus)
> eremita (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889
Synonymised Names:
=Liratilia eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma eremita Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Leucosyrinx eremita (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, Palliser Bay and off Otago Peninsula, from 70-340m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.190)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.287) Original Description

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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