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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)
> deplexa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
=Pyramidella (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
Images: Eulimella deplexa Hutton, 1885
Holotype of Pyramidella (Syrnola) tenuiplicata, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001780). 4.2mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Eulimella (Genus)
> deplexa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
=Pyramidella (Eulimella) Forbes & M'Andrew, 1846
Details: Eulimella deplexa Hutton, 1885
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.2mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands, from 0-530m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.261)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.318) 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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