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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)
> Vacerrena (Genus)
> kesteveni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puncturella (Vacerrena) Iredale, 1958
=Vacerra Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904
=Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900
=Vacerra demissa (Hedley, 1904)
=Vacerra demissa menda Iredale, 1924
Images: Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900)
Collected in shell sand, Bathing Beach, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.71mm
Collected in shell sand, Bathing Beach, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.71mm
Collected in shell sand, Bathing Beach, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.71mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Vacerrena (Genus)
> kesteveni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puncturella (Vacerrena) Iredale, 1958
=Vacerra Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904
=Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900
=Vacerra demissa (Hedley, 1904)
=Vacerra demissa menda Iredale, 1924
Details: Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900)
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.8mm, Height 1.0mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Australia, Tweed Heads, NSW, to Cape Wiles, SA. New Zealand, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island and Snares Islands. Also recently recorded from the Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
FMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.39)

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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
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