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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Besla (Genus)
> insularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Besla) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Chrysallida insularis (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
=Pyrgulina insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Besla (Genus)
> insularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Besla) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Chrysallida insularis (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
=Pyrgulina insularis W.R.B. Oliver, 1915
Details: Besla insularis (W.R.B. Oliver, 1915)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.229)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.531) 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