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Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Palazzia (Genus)
> nautiliformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Zerotula nautiliformis Powell, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
[UNASSIGNED] SEGUENZIOIDEA
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> [unassigned] Seguenzioidea (Family)
> Palazzia (Genus)
> nautiliformis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Zerotula nautiliformis Powell, 1927
Details: Palazzia nautiliformis (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Width 0.62mm, Height 0.3mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island as far north as Doubtful Sound and Auckland Islands, from 64-163m
Type Data:
  • 310 metres, off Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A., Hain, S. 1996 Description of Zerotulidae fam. nov. (Littorinoidea), with comments on an Antarctic Littorinid Gastropod, The Veliger, 39(4) (p.320)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.249)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Deep-water Mollusca from south-west Otago, with descriptions of 2 new genera and 22 new species., Records of the Canterbury Museum, 3 (p.118) 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