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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Microvoluta (Genus)
> marginata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Microvoluta cuvierensis Finlay, 1930
=Turricula lincta Hutton, 1885
=Turricula marginata Hutton, 1885
=Vulpecula (Pusia) biconica Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Vulpecula biconica Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Vulpecula marginata (Hutton, 1885)
Images: Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885)
Collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001738). ~5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Microvoluta cuvierensis Finlay, 1930, collected off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70473). ~7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in deep water, off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 8mm
Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Microvoluta (Genus)
> marginata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Microvoluta cuvierensis Finlay, 1930
=Turricula lincta Hutton, 1885
=Turricula marginata Hutton, 1885
=Vulpecula (Pusia) biconica Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Vulpecula biconica Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Vulpecula marginata (Hutton, 1885)
Details: Microvoluta marginata (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart and Snares Islands. Trawled around 35-500 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.215)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.315) 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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