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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:
Takapuna, Auckland
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.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

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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