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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Odostomia (Genus)
> vaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eulimella (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odontostoma Philippi, 1853
=Odontostomia Jeffreys, 1839
=Odostomia (Cyclodontostomia) Cossmann, 1921
=Odostomia (Cyclodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odostomia (Macrodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Odostomia) J. Fleming, 1813
=Ptychostomon Locard, 1886
Images: Odostomia vaga Laws, 1939
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, off Oamaru, NZ (MA70572). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Odostomia (Genus)
> vaga (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eulimella (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odontostoma Philippi, 1853
=Odontostomia Jeffreys, 1839
=Odostomia (Cyclodontostomia) Cossmann, 1921
=Odostomia (Cyclodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odostomia (Macrodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Odostomia) J. Fleming, 1813
=Ptychostomon Locard, 1886
Details: Odostomia vaga Laws, 1939
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.6mm, Width 1.8mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-805m
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.264)
  • Laws, C.R. 1939 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Mollusca. No. 6 - The Genus Odostomia, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 69 (p.199) Original Description

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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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