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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYSTISCIDAE: CYSTISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cystiscidae (Family)
> Cystiscinae (Subfamily)
> Cystiscus (Genus)
> vidae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella (Microvulina) vidae Dell, 1956
Images: Cystiscus vidae Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 25 Jun 1950, off White Rocks, Queen Charlotte Sound, NZ (M.006062). ~2.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYSTISCIDAE: CYSTISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cystiscidae (Family)
> Cystiscinae (Subfamily)
> Cystiscus (Genus)
> vidae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella (Microvulina) vidae Dell, 1956
Details: Cystiscus vidae Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.4mm, Width 1.7mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands. Off eastern North Island and Queen Charlotte Sound
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.218)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.126) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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