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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Paxula (Genus)
> subantarctica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitrella subantarctica Suter, 1908
=Paxula subantarctica subantarctica (Suter, 1908) accepted, alternate representation
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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Paxula (Genus)
> subantarctica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitrella subantarctica Suter, 1908
=Paxula subantarctica subantarctica (Suter, 1908) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Paxula subantarctica (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island as far north as off Otago Peninsula (Karitani Canyon), Foveaux Strait, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty and Antipodes Islands, and Pukaki Rise
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.184)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.178) 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