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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)
> subfusulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella (Serrata) subfusula Powell, 1932
=Marginella (Volvarinella) subfusula Powell, 1932
=Marginella subfusula Powell, 1932
=Volvarinella subfusula (Powell, 1932)
Images: Dentimargo subfusulus (Powell, 1932)
Holotype, collected off Poor Knights Islands, Northland, NZ (MA70443). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> subfusulus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella (Serrata) subfusula Powell, 1932
=Marginella (Volvarinella) subfusula Powell, 1932
=Marginella subfusula Powell, 1932
=Volvarinella subfusula (Powell, 1932)
Details: Dentimargo subfusulus (Powell, 1932)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3.8mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island between Bay of Islands and Cuvier Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.223)
  • 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.210) 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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