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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> subabnormis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella subabnormis Suter, 1899
=Columbella saxatilis R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Macrozafra subabnormis (Suter, 1899)
Syntype of Columbella saxatilis Murdoch, 1905, collected Takapuna, Auckland, NZ (M.001796). 6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 4.5mm
Collected from shell sand, off Northland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> subabnormis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella subabnormis Suter, 1899
=Columbella saxatilis R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Macrozafra subabnormis (Suter, 1899)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, northern North Island as far south as Ahipara on west coast and Ranfurly Bank on east coast, Wellington Harbour, north-eastern South Island, south-western South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands
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.188)
  • Suter, H. 1899 Revision of the New Zealand Pleurotomidae, with descriptions of six new species, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 31 (p.74) 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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