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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)
> fusulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella fusula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Volvarinella fusula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Images: Dentimargo fusulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Marginella fusula, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001692). ~6.5mm. © 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)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> fusulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella fusula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Volvarinella fusula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Details: Dentimargo fusulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, off Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank
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.223)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.289) 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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