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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Tugali (Genus)
> colvillensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Images: Tugali colvillensis Finlay, 1926
Trawled in Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 19mm
Holotype, near Cape Colville, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70781). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, near Cape Colville, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70781). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, near Cape Colville, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA70781). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Tugali (Genus)
> colvillensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Emarginula (Tugali) Gray, 1843
=Subemarginula (Tugalia) Gray, 1843
=Tugalia Gray, 1857
Details: Tugali colvillensis Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Length 26mm, Width 15mm, Height 9mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands
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.40)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.345) 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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