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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)
> Eulimella (Genus)
> coena (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
=Pyramidella (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
Images: Eulimella coena Webster, 1905
Holotype, in sand, Takapuna Reef, Auckland, NZ (MA70294). 2.7mm. © 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)
> Eulimella (Genus)
> coena (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
=Pyramidella (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
Details: Eulimella coena Webster, 1905
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.7mm, Width 0.9mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 0m
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.261)
  • Laws, C.R. 1938 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No.5 - The Eulimellid Genera, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 68 (p.56)
  • Webster, W.H. 1905 Some new species of New Zealand marine shells, together with remarks on some non-marine species, and some addition to the "Index Fauna", Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.279) 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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