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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)
> stewartianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella stewartiana Suter, 1908
=Volvarinella stewartiana (Suter, 1908)
Images: Dentimargo stewartianus (Suter, 1908)
Dredged in 26 metres, off Bench Island, Stewart Island, NZ. 3.7mm
Collected in 400-500 metres, Karitane Canyon, off East Otago, NZ. 3.5mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> stewartianus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella stewartiana Suter, 1908
=Volvarinella stewartiana (Suter, 1908)
Details: Dentimargo stewartianus (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.5mm, Width 2.3mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, Foveaux Strait, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Island
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)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Descriptions of new species of New Zealand marine shells., Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8 (p.183) 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