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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Pelseneeria (Genus)
> bountyensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parastilifer A.V. Ivanov, 1952
=Rosenia Nierstrasz, 1913
=Stylina J. Fleming, 1828
=Turtonia Rosén, 1910
=Venustilifer Powell, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Hypermastus bountyensis Powell, 1933
Images: Pelseneeria bountyensis (Powell, 1933)
Holotype, collected Jun 1893, in 311 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ (MA72069). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 500-600 metres, Papanui Canyon, Otago, NZ. 1.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Pelseneeria (Genus)
> bountyensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Parastilifer A.V. Ivanov, 1952
=Rosenia Nierstrasz, 1913
=Stylina J. Fleming, 1828
=Turtonia Rosén, 1910
=Venustilifer Powell, 1939
Synonymised Names:
=Hypermastus bountyensis Powell, 1933
Details: Pelseneeria bountyensis (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.5mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, from 15-620m
Type Data:
  • 310 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Warén, A. 1981 Eulimid gastropods parasitic on echinoderms in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(3) (p.323)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.142)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.213)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 New species of marine Mollusca from the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 20(5) (p.235) 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