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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> pygmaea (Species)
Images: Comptella pygmaea B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Comptella (Genus)
> pygmaea (Species)
Details: Comptella pygmaea B.A. Marshall & Houart, 2022
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.10mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, from 13-415m
Type Data:
  • 15 metres, Two Thumb Bay, N of Caswell Sound entrance, Fiordland, NZ, (paratype)
  • Bauza Island, Doubtful Sound entrance, Fiordland, NZ, (holotype, paratype)
  • 55 metres, Te Awaatu Channel, Bauza Island, Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (paratype)
  • 20 metres, off Seventy Fathom Point, Dagg Sound, Fiordland, NZ, (paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Houart, R. 2022 New species and genera of Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, Novapex, 23(1) (p.5) 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