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Taxonomy
Family:
APLUSTRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Aplustridae (Family)
> Bullina (Genus)
> cf. melior (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bullinula G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
=Perbullina Iredale, 1929
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Taxonomy
Family:
APLUSTRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Acteonimorpha (Subterclass)
> Acteonoidea (Superfamily)
> Aplustridae (Family)
> Bullina (Genus)
> cf. melior (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Bullinula G.B. Sowerby II, 1839
=Perbullina Iredale, 1929
Details: Bullina cf. melior (Iredale, 1929)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 10.5mm
Distribution:
Northland. Tokerau Beach, Great Barrier Island. Also Sydney Harbour, New South Wales
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Broader than B.lineata, with a more depressed spire and stronger sculpture
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.270)
  • Gardner, N.W. Dec/1977 Bullina from northern New Zealand, Poirieria, 9(3) (p.46)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1971 The Genus Bullina (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 2(2) (p.198)

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