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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: AUSTROGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Austroginellinae (Subfamily)
> Serrata (Genus)
> maoriana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Haloginella Laseron, 1957
=Marginella (Haloginella) Laseron, 1957
=Marginella (Serrata) Jousseaume, 1875
=Serrataginella G.A. & H.K. Coovert, 1995
Synonymised Names:
=Haloginella maoriana (Powell, 1932)
=Marginella (Haloginella) maoriana Powell, 1932
=Marginella (Volvarina) maoriana Powell, 1932
=Marginella maoriana Powell, 1932
=Volvarina maoriana (Powell, 1932)
Images: Serrata maoriana (Powell, 1932)
Found in beach drift, Taupiri Bay, Northland, NZ. 9mm
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Oruawharo Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72088). 10mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Off Ngunguru, Whangarei, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: AUSTROGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Austroginellinae (Subfamily)
> Serrata (Genus)
> maoriana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Haloginella Laseron, 1957
=Marginella (Haloginella) Laseron, 1957
=Marginella (Serrata) Jousseaume, 1875
=Serrataginella G.A. & H.K. Coovert, 1995
Synonymised Names:
=Haloginella maoriana (Powell, 1932)
=Marginella (Haloginella) maoriana Powell, 1932
=Marginella (Volvarina) maoriana Powell, 1932
=Marginella maoriana Powell, 1932
=Volvarina maoriana (Powell, 1932)
Details: Serrata maoriana (Powell, 1932)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
Off Northland east coast to East Cape
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)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1932 The recent Marginellidae of New Zealand, with descriptions of some new Species, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 62 (p.209) Original Description

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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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