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Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Linopyrga (Genus)
> rugata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pyrgulina (Linopyrga) Laws, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Odostomia plicata Hutton, 1885
=Odostomia rugata Hutton, 1886
Images: Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)
In shell sand, Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 3mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Linopyrga (Genus)
> rugata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pyrgulina (Linopyrga) Laws, 1941
Synonymised Names:
=Odostomia plicata Hutton, 1885
=Odostomia rugata Hutton, 1886
Details: Linopyrga rugata (Hutton, 1886)
Size/Grows to:
Height 2.9mm, Width 1.3mm
Distribution:
King Bank, and Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Bounty and Chatham Islands, from 0-446m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
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. 1886 The Wanganui System., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 18 (p.353) 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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