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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Volvarina (Genus)
> albescens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hyalina (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
=Marginella (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Haloginella albescens (Hutton, 1873)
=Marginella albescens Hutton, 1873
=Serrata albescens (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Volvarina albescens (Hutton, 1873)
Syntype, collected no other data, NZ (M.000111). ~4mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Volvarina (Genus)
> albescens (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hyalina (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
=Marginella (Volvarina) Hinds, 1844
Synonymised Names:
=Haloginella albescens (Hutton, 1873)
=Marginella albescens Hutton, 1873
=Serrata albescens (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Volvarina albescens (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Stewart Island, Foveaux Strait, Snares and Bounty 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.218)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

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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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