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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)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> amoena (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Dentimargo amoenus (Suter, 1908)
=Marginella (Glabella) amoena Suter, 1908
=Marginella amoena Suter, 1908
=Volvarinella amoena (Suter, 1908)
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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)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> amoena (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Dentimargo amoenus (Suter, 1908)
=Marginella (Glabella) amoena Suter, 1908
=Marginella amoena Suter, 1908
=Volvarinella amoena (Suter, 1908)
Details: Dentimargo amoena (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 2.8mm
Distribution:
Off Ahipara, Northland. Off Snares Islands
Geographical Range:
AAn
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.222)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.184) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil