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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)
> Gibberula (Genus)
> ficula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cryptospira (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840
=Diluculum Barnard, 1962
=Epiginella Laseron, 1957
=Granula Jousseaume, 1875
=Kogomea Habe, 1951
=Marginella (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840
=Marginella (Granula) Jousseaume, 1875
=Marginella (Kogomea) Habe, 1951
=Phyloginella Laseron, 1957
Synonymised Names:
=Cryptospira (Gibberula) ficula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Gibberula ficula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Cryptospira (Bibberula) ficula, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001691). ~3.5mm. © 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)
> Gibberula (Genus)
> ficula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cryptospira (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840
=Diluculum Barnard, 1962
=Epiginella Laseron, 1957
=Granula Jousseaume, 1875
=Kogomea Habe, 1951
=Marginella (Gibberula) Swainson, 1840
=Marginella (Granula) Jousseaume, 1875
=Marginella (Kogomea) Habe, 1951
=Phyloginella Laseron, 1957
Synonymised Names:
=Cryptospira (Gibberula) ficula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Gibberula ficula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Foveaux Strait. From 10 to over 180 metres
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)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.291) 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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