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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Paxula (Genus)
> paxillus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella paxillus R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Paxula paxillus (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Lectotype, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001792). 5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Paxula (Genus)
> paxillus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella paxillus R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Paxula paxillus (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island (Wellington), South, Stewart 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.183)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.224) 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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