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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Sabinella (Genus)
> infrapatula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Eulima infrapatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Sabinella infrapatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Eulima infrapatula, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001773). ~5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Sabinella (Genus)
> infrapatula (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Eulima infrapatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Sabinella infrapatula (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 79-461m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype of Eulima infrapatula Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A. 1981 Eulimid gastropods parasitic on echinoderms in the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(3) (p.321)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.140)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.297) 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
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