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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TEREBRIDAE: TEREBRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Terebridae (Family)
> Terebrinae (Subfamily)
> Myurella (Genus)
> pygmaea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clathroterebra Oyama, 1961
=Decorihastula Oyama, 1961
=Terebra (Myurella) Hinds, 1845
=Terenolla Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Terebra pygmaea Hinds, 1844
=Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)
=Turbonilla princeps Preston, 1905
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TEREBRIDAE: TEREBRINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Terebridae (Family)
> Terebrinae (Subfamily)
> Myurella (Genus)
> pygmaea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clathroterebra Oyama, 1961
=Decorihastula Oyama, 1961
=Terebra (Myurella) Hinds, 1845
=Terenolla Iredale, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Terebra pygmaea Hinds, 1844
=Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)
=Turbonilla princeps Preston, 1905
Details: Myurella pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm
Distribution:
Tropical Indo-Pacific, 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.228)
  • Hinds, R.B. 1844 Descriptions of new shells, collected during the voyage of the Sulphur, and in Mr. Cuming's late visit to the Philippines, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 11 (p.158) 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