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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Evalea (Genus)
> plana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Evalea (Lacunoptyxis) Cossmann, 1888 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Evalea plana Laws, 1941
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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Evalea (Genus)
> plana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Evalea (Lacunoptyxis) Cossmann, 1888 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Evalea plana Laws, 1941
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.1mm, Width 1.4mm
Distribution:
Snares Islands, from 91m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Snares Islands, 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.265)
  • Laws, C.R. 1941 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Mollusca. No. 8 - The Pyrgulinind Genera and the genus Evalea, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 71 (p.21) 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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