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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Peculator (Genus)
> porphyria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvimitra Finlay, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Imbricaria porphyria Verco, 1896
=Marginella coma Odhner, 1924
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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Peculator (Genus)
> porphyria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parvimitra Finlay, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Imbricaria porphyria Verco, 1896
=Marginella coma Odhner, 1924
Details: Peculator porphyria (Verco, 1896)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 5.7mm
Distribution:
Far North. Off Three Kings Islands to North Cape
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.214)
  • Verco, J. 1896 Descriptions of new species of marine Mollusca of South Australia, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 20 (p.227) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil