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Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Eulima archeyi Finlay, 1928 |
Images: Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Holotype, collected Jan 1924, Waitangi, Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70288). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: EULIMIDAE Full Classification: Genus Synonyms: =Balcis Leach in Gray, 1847 =Eulimaustra Laseron, 1955 =Melanella (Melanella) Bowdich, 1822 Synonymised Names: =Eulima archeyi Finlay, 1928 |
Details: Melanella archeyi (Finlay, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.75mm, Width 2.25mm
Distribution:
Southland, southern fiords and Chatham Islands. 10-238 metres
Geographical Range:
FM
Notes:
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References and Publications
- Marshall, B.A. 1997 A luminescent eulimid (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, Molluscan Research, 18 (p.71)
- Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.261) Original Description
Key to 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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