Species List for Family: Pyramidellidae
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- Agatha georgiana (Hutton, 1885)
Height 15mm, Width 6mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
Northland to Stewart Island and Chatham Islands. Shallow water to 110 metres
ACFMR.Fo.E.
- Besla subrugata (Powell, 1927)
Height 1.8mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Endemic
Off south west Otago, 310 metres
FE. - Besla vaga Laws, 1941
Height 1.9mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Endemic
Three Kings Islands, 180 metres, to Otago Heads 70-90 metres
ACFR.Fo.E.
- Evalea liricincta (Suter, 1908)
Height 3mm, Width 1.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Otago Heads to Stewart Island
FE. - Evalea plana Laws, 1941
Height 3.1mm, Width 1.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Snares Islands 90 metres, off Antipodes Islands 27 metres
AnE. - Evalea propria Laws, 1941
Height 3mm, Width 1.9mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Dunedin Harbour to Bluff
FE. - Evalea sabulosa (Suter, 1908)
Height 4mm, Width 1.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Eastern Otago south. Snares, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands
ACFMAnE. - Finlayola lurida (Suter, 1908)
Height 5.8mm, Width 1.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland. Off Cuvier Island, 70 metres
AE. - Gumina dolichostoma (Suter, 1908)
Height 6.5mm, Width 3.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to eastern Otago and Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Gumina minor Laws, 1940
Height 2.5mm, Width 1.1mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland east coast, 22 metres
AE. - Ividella maoria Powell, 1940
Height 3.3mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Far North. Between Spirits Bay and Three Kings Islands, 92 metres
AE.
- Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland east coast to Stewart Island, Chathams, Snares, Auckland and Bounty Islands
ACFMAnE. - Obexomia denselirata (Suter, 1908)
Height 2.1mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland east coast to Mahia
AE. - Odostomia acutangula Suter, 1908
Height 2.4mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Stewart Island, 33 metres
FAnE. 
- Odostomia chordata Suter, 1908
Height 3.6mm, Width 1.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland east coast 45-70 metres
AE. - Odostomia corpulentoides Dell, 1956
Height 4.2mm, Width 1.7mm
Marine, Endemic
Fiordland, and off Chatham Islands
ME.
- Odostomia cryptodon Suter, 1908
Height 2.7mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. Lyttelton to Taieri Beach and Chatham Islands
CFME. 
- Odostomia hyphala R.B. Watson, 1886
Height 6.3mm, Width 3mm
Marine, Endemic
North east of East Cape, 1280 metres
AE. - Odostomia manukauensis Laws, 1939
Height 2.3mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Manukau Harbour, Auckland
CE.
- Odostomia murdochi Suter, 1913
Height 4mm, Width 1.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island
FE.
- Odostomia parvacutangula Laws, 1939
Height 2mm, Width 1mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Auckland Islands, 175 metres
FAnE.
- Odostomia takapunaensis Suter, 1908
Height 3.7mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Takapuna Reef, Auckland, to Mahia
ACE. - Odostomia taumakiensis Suter, 1908
Height 3mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Taumaki Island, west coast, South Island, 18 metres
FE. - Odostomia vaga Laws, 1939
Height 3.6mm, Width 1.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to Stewart Island and Snares Island
ACFAnE.
- Odostomia vestalis R. Murdoch, 1905
Height 4.4mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Foveaux Strait, Stewart and South Island
CFE.
- Planpyrgiscus lawsi Dell, 1956
Height 5mm, Width 1.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Off eastern Otago, 475-640 metres
FE.
- Striarcana cryptolira Laws, 1937
Height 4mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to Cook Strait and Chatham Islands
ACME.
- Syrnola crawfordi Powell, 1927
Height 5.3mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland. Off Ahipara, 42 metres
AE.
- Syrnola menda Finlay, 1927
Height 6.7mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands to Hauraki Gulf
AE.
- Terelimella aupouria (Powell, 1937)
Height 2.3mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, 170 metres
AE. - Terelimella benthicola Dell, 1956
Height 4.9mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Eastern Otago, 475-640 metres
FAnE.
- Terelimella larochei (Powell, 1930)
Height 2.2mm, Width 0.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland east coast
AME. 
- Eulimella limbata (Suter, 1907)
Height 4.5mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Bay of Islands, Northland to Taiaroa Heads, Otago
ACFE. - Puposyrnola fastigiata (Suter, 1906)
Height 4.3mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland, Hauraki Gulf
AE.
- Puposyrnola missile Laws, 1937
Height 4.6mm, Width 1.2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off North Cape to Northland
AE.
- Pyrgiscus otakauicus (Laws, 1937)
Height 5mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Dunedin Harbour, 3-7 metres
FE.
- Turbonilla aoteana Powell, 1930
Height 2.8mm, Width 0.7mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland east coast 10-20 metres
AE. - Turbonilla barrierensis (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.2mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Great Barrier Island, 10-20 metres
AE.
- Turbonilla bucknilli (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.9mm, Width 1.1mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland to Bay of Plenty
AE.
- Turbonilla campbellica Odhner, 1924
Height 7mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands, under stones
AnE. 
- Turbonilla dunedinensis (Laws, 1937)
Height 4.8mm, Width 1.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Dunedin Harbour, 3-5 metres
FE.
- Turbonilla eques Laws, 1937
Height 7.5mm, Width 1.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Poor Knights Islands, 110 metres
AE.
- Turbonilla errabunda (Laws, 1937)
Height 4.3mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Auckland, Otago Heads and Stewart Island
AFE.
- Turbonilla forsteriana (Laws, 1937)
Height 4.3mm, Width 1mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Otago Heads and Oamaru, 90-130 metres
FE. 
- Turbonilla lawsi (Powell, 1937)
Height 2.4mm, Width 0.6mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, 170 metres
AE. - Turbonilla lillingtoniana (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.7mm, Width 1mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Cape Saunders, Otago, and Snares Islands
FAnE. - Turbonilla mitis (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.5mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Endemic
Northland and Chatham Islands
AME.
- Turbonilla moorei Laws, 1937
Height 7.5mm, Width 2.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Otago Heads, 75-130 metres
FE. - Turbonilla owenga (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.5mm, Width 1mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Chatham Islands, 18 metres
ME.
- Turbonilla rakiura (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.6mm, Width 1mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Oamaru and Stewart Island
FE. 
- Turbonilla stipes (Laws, 1937)
Height 2.5mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, 180 metres
AE. - Turbonilla suteri Powell, 1926
Height 5.5mm, Width 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Resolution Island, Dusky Sounds, 150 metres
FME.
- Turbonilla vegrandis (Laws, 1937)
Height 3.5mm, Width 1.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Dunedin Harbour, 5-6 metres
FE.
- Turbonilla verecunda (Laws, 1937)
Height 2.8mm, Width 0.8mm
Marine, Endemic
Auckland and Hauraki Gulf
AE. 
- Turbonilla waitemata (Laws, 1937)
Height 2.6mm, Width 0.9mm
Marine, Endemic
Auckland Harbour and Hauraki Gulf
AE.
- Turbonilla zealandica (Hutton, 1873)
Height 5.8mm, Width 1.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Cook Strait to Stewart Island
CFAnE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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