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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)
> Mesoginella (Genus)
> tryphenensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Deviginella Laseron, 1957
=Mesoginella (Sinuginella) Laseron, 1957
=Sinuginella Laseron, 1957
=Spiroginella Laseron, 1957
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella tryphenensis Powell, 1932
=Sinuginella tryphenensis (Powell, 1932)
Images: Mesoginella tryphenensis (Powell, 1932)
Holotype, collected in 5-6 metres, Tryphena Bay, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70444). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: AUSTROGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Austroginellinae (Subfamily)
> Mesoginella (Genus)
> tryphenensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Deviginella Laseron, 1957
=Mesoginella (Sinuginella) Laseron, 1957
=Sinuginella Laseron, 1957
=Spiroginella Laseron, 1957
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella tryphenensis Powell, 1932
=Sinuginella tryphenensis (Powell, 1932)
Details: Mesoginella tryphenensis (Powell, 1932)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.6mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
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.220)
  • 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.207) 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