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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Syrnola (Genus)
> menda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Heida Dall, 1903
=Odontostomia (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Odostomia (Heida) Dall, 1903
=Pyramidella (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Syrnola (Loxoptyxis) Cossmann, 1888
=Syrnola (Pachysyrnola) Cossmann, 1907
Images: Syrnola menda Finlay, 1927
Holotype, collected in 73 metres, off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70747). 6.7mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Syrnola (Genus)
> menda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Heida Dall, 1903
=Odontostomia (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Odostomia (Heida) Dall, 1903
=Pyramidella (Syrnola) A. Adams, 1860
=Syrnola (Loxoptyxis) Cossmann, 1888
=Syrnola (Pachysyrnola) Cossmann, 1907
Details: Syrnola menda Finlay, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.7mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Hauraki Gulf
Geographical Range:
A
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.306)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.405) Original Description

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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
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