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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
Synonymised Names:
=Pyramidella (Syrnola) tenuiplicata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Eulimella levilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
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
Synonymised Names:
=Pyramidella (Syrnola) tenuiplicata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Eulimella levilirata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Eulimella deplexa Hutton, 1885
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.2mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
Throughout NZ
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.318) 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