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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
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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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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