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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Odostomia (Genus)
> aucklandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eulimella (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odontostoma Philippi, 1853
=Odontostomia Jeffreys, 1839
=Odostomia (Cyclodontostomia) Cossmann, 1921
=Odostomia (Cyclodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odostomia (Macrodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Odostomia) J. Fleming, 1813
=Ptychostomon Locard, 1886
Images: Odostomia aucklandica Laws, 1939
Holotype, collected pre 1930, North Harbour ('Faith Harbour'), Auckland Islands, NZ (MA70559). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Odostomia (Genus)
> aucklandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Eulimella (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odontostoma Philippi, 1853
=Odontostomia Jeffreys, 1839
=Odostomia (Cyclodontostomia) Cossmann, 1921
=Odostomia (Cyclodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Evalina) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
=Odostomia (Macrodostomia) Sacco, 1892
=Odostomia (Odostomia) J. Fleming, 1813
=Ptychostomon Locard, 1886
Details: Odostomia aucklandica Laws, 1939
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.1mm, Width 1.95mm
Distribution:
Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
AnE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.262)
  • Laws, C.R. 1939 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Mollusca. No. 6 - The Genus Odostomia, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 69 (p.205) Original Description

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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