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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Graphicomassa (Genus)
> ligula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mitra (Aidone) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Mitrella (Graphicomassa) Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella ligula Duclos, 1840
=Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1840)
=Pyrene ligula (Duclos, 1840)
Images: Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840)
Lectotype, no other data (MNHN-IM-2000-22472). 14.8mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Graphicomassa (Genus)
> ligula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mitra (Aidone) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Mitrella (Graphicomassa) Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Columbella ligula Duclos, 1840
=Mitrella ligula (Duclos, 1840)
=Pyrene ligula (Duclos, 1840)
Details: Graphicomassa ligula (Duclos, 1840)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.225)

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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