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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Xymenella (Genus)
> pusilla (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium suteri P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1921
=Trophon pusillus Suter, 1907
=Xymene gouldi of authors
=Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924
=Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)
Images: Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907)
Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 9mm. © rights reserved
Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 9mm. © rights reserved
Collected 5 Mar 1976, head of Anakoha Bay, Guards Bay, N of Picton, NZ (M.052174). ~11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 28 Aug 1981, Reotahi, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ (M.081233). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 8mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: PAGODULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Pagodulinae (Subfamily)
> Xymenella (Genus)
> pusilla (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium suteri P. Marshall & Murdoch, 1921
=Trophon pusillus Suter, 1907
=Xymene gouldi of authors
=Xymene oliveri Marwick, 1924
=Xymene pusillus (Suter, 1907)
Details: Xymenella pusilla (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands, from 0-143m
Type Data:
  • 46 metres, SW of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.426)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.174)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1972 A review of the genus Xymene Iredale of New Zealand (Mollusca: Muricidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2(4) (p.478)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Results of dredging in Hauraki Gulf; with descriptions of seven new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 39 (p.253) 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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