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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:
Off Poor Knights Islands to Bay of Plenty
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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