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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Besla (Genus)
> subrugata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Besla) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Pyrgulina subrugata Powell, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Besla (Genus)
> subrugata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Odostomia (Besla) Dall & Bartsch, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Pyrgulina subrugata Powell, 1927
Details: Besla subrugata (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 1.8mm, Width 0.9mm
Distribution:
Eastern North Island, Cook Strait, and South, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands, from 0-549m
Type Data:
  • 310 metres, off Puysegur Point, Southland, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.266)
  • 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