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Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Brookula (Genus)
> prognata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthobrookula A.H. Clarke, 1961
=Brookula (Brookula) Iredale, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Brookula lincta Powell, 1940
=Brookula rexensis Mestayer, 1927
Images: Brookula prognata Finlay, 1926
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Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Brookula (Genus)
> prognata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthobrookula A.H. Clarke, 1961
=Brookula (Brookula) Iredale, 1912
Synonymised Names:
=Brookula lincta Powell, 1940
=Brookula rexensis Mestayer, 1927
Details: Brookula prognata Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 0.9mm, Width 0.95mm
Distribution:
W of Cape Reinga, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and northern and southern South Island, from 15-420m
Type Data:
  • 180 metres, S of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype of Brookula rexensis Mestayer, 1927, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.77)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.366) 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