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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Turbonilla (Genus)
> kingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chemnitzia d'Orbigny, 1840
=Odostomia (Turbonilla) Risso, 1826
=Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonymised Names:
=Chemnitzia kingi Laws, 1937
Images: Turbonilla kingi (Laws, 1937)
Holotype, collected pre 1936, off Takapuna, Auckland, NZ (MA70151). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
PYRAMIDELLIDAE: TURBONILLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Pyramidelloidea (Superfamily)
> Pyramidellidae (Family)
> Turbonillinae (Subfamily)
> Turbonilla (Genus)
> kingi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chemnitzia d'Orbigny, 1840
=Odostomia (Turbonilla) Risso, 1826
=Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) d'Orbigny, 1839
Synonymised Names:
=Chemnitzia kingi Laws, 1937
Details: Turbonilla kingi (Laws, 1937)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.1mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and far northern North Island, from 14-805m
Type Data:
  • 7-11 metres, off Takapuna, Auckland, 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.258)
  • Laws, C.R. 1937 Review of the Tertiary and Recent Neozelanic Pyramidellid Molluscs. No. 2 - The Genus Chemnitzia, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 67 (p.54) 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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