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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Hypermastus (Genus)
> bulbulus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Balcis pervegrandis Powell, 1940
=Eulima (Mucronalia) bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Hypermastus bulbula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Images: Hypermastus bulbulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Dredged off Rarawa, Far North. 13mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001774). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Balcis pervegrandis Powell, collected in 42 metres, off Ahipara, Northland, NZ (MA72015). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged, east coast Coromandel, NZ. Courtesy of Claire Elliot
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Hypermastus (Genus)
> bulbulus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Balcis pervegrandis Powell, 1940
=Eulima (Mucronalia) bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Hypermastus bulbula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Details: Hypermastus bulbulus (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and south-western North Island, from 0-201m
Type Data:
  • 42 metres, off Ahipara, Ninety Mile Beach, NZ, (type of Balcis pervegrandis Powell, 1940)
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype of Eulima bulbula Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.141)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.298) 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
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