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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Puposyrnola (Genus)
> missile (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hoonsyrnola Nomura, 1938
Images: Puposyrnola missile Laws, 1937
Holotype, collected in 46 metres, off Hen & Chicken Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70651). 4.6. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Puposyrnola (Genus)
> missile (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Hoonsyrnola Nomura, 1938
Details: Puposyrnola missile Laws, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.6mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 46m
Type Data:
  • 46 metres, off Hen & Chicken Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
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.260)
  • Laws, C.R. 1937 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 4 - The Syrnolid Genera, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 67 (p.308) 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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