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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Paxula (Genus)
> transitans (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella huttoni sensu Murdoch, 1905 not Suter, 1904
=Columbella transitans R. Murdoch, 1905
=Paxula murdochi Finlay, 1926
Images: Paxula transitans (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Holotype, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001794). ~4.8mm. © 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)
> transitans (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella huttoni sensu Murdoch, 1905 not Suter, 1904
=Columbella transitans R. Murdoch, 1905
=Paxula murdochi Finlay, 1926
Details: Paxula transitans (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Distribution:
Stewart Island
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)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.224) 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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