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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> fusuloides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella (Volvarinella) fusuloides Dell, 1956
=Marginella fusula fusuloides Dell, 1956
=Volvarinella fusula fusuloides (Dell, 1956)
Images: Dentimargo fusuloides (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Marginella (Volvarinella) fusuloides, collected 28 Mar 1954, Karitane Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ (M.009328). ~6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MARGINELLIDAE: MARGINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Marginellidae (Family)
> Marginellinae (Subfamily)
> Dentimargo (Genus)
> fusuloides (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Marginella (Dentimargo) Cossmann, 1899
=Marginella (Volvarinella) Habe, 1951
=Volvarinella Habe, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Marginella (Volvarinella) fusuloides Dell, 1956
=Marginella fusula fusuloides Dell, 1956
=Volvarinella fusula fusuloides (Dell, 1956)
Details: Dentimargo fusuloides (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.3mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Off eastern Otago, 350-550 metres
Geographical Range:
FE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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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