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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Vacerrena (Genus)
> kesteveni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puncturella (Vacerrena) Iredale, 1958
=Vacerra Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904
=Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900
=Vacerra demissa (Hedley, 1904)
=Vacerra demissa menda Iredale, 1924
Images: Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900)
Collected in shell sand, Bathing Beach, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.71mm. © rights reserved
Collected in shell sand, Bathing Beach, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.71mm. © rights reserved
Collected in shell sand, Bathing Beach, Stewart Island, NZ. 1.71mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FISSURELLIDAE: EMARGINULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (Order)
> Fissurelloidea (Superfamily)
> Fissurellidae (Family)
> Emarginulinae (Subfamily)
> Vacerrena (Genus)
> kesteveni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Puncturella (Vacerrena) Iredale, 1958
=Vacerra Iredale, 1924
Synonymised Names:
=Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904
=Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900
=Vacerra demissa (Hedley, 1904)
=Vacerra demissa menda Iredale, 1924
Details: Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900)
Size/Grows to:
Length 1.8mm, Height 1.0mm, Width 1.2mm
Distribution:
Eastern and south-western South Island as far north as Pegasus Canyon, and Stewart, Snares, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 0-141m
Type Data:
  • Foveaux Strait, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Walton, K. Nov/2015 New records of intertidal and shallow sub-tidal (to 30 m) Mollusca from the Chatham Islands, Cookia, 27 (p.3)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.39)

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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