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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Besla (Genus)
> rossiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Besla) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Images: Besla rossiana Laws, 1941
Holotype, collected in 174 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ (MA70940). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Besla (Genus)
> rossiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Besla) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Details: Besla rossiana Laws, 1941
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.2mm, Width 1mm
Distribution:
Auckland Islands, from 174m
Type Data:
  • 175 metres, N of Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.266)
  • Laws, C.R. 1941 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Mollusca. No. 8 - The Pyrgulinind Genera and the genus Evalea, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 71 (p.13) 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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