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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Agatha (Genus)
> georgiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amathis A. Adams, 1861
=Pyramidella (Agatha) A. Adams, 1860
Synonymised Names:
=Odostomia bembix Suter, 1908
=Odostomia georgiana Hutton, 1885
=Odostomia marginata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Odostomia stygia Suter, 1913
Images: Agatha georgiana (Hutton, 1885)
Tutukaka, Whangarei. 11mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Odostomia stygia Suter, 1913, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001776). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected no other data, New Zealand. (M.001308). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Agatha (Genus)
> georgiana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Amathis A. Adams, 1861
=Pyramidella (Agatha) A. Adams, 1860
Synonymised Names:
=Odostomia bembix Suter, 1908
=Odostomia georgiana Hutton, 1885
=Odostomia marginata Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Odostomia stygia Suter, 1913
Details: Agatha georgiana (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
North-eastern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands and Mernoo Bank, from 0-550m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype of Odostomia stygia Suter, 1913, holotype of Odostomia marginata Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
  • Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype of Odostomia bembix Suter, 1908)
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.265)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.319) 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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