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Taxonomy
Family:
GRANULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Granulinidae (Family)
> Pugnus (Genus)
> parvus (Species)
Images: Pugnus parvus Hedley, 1896
Collected in 1950 from shell grit, Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia. (NMR 76710). 1.5mm. Natural History Museum Rotterdam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Taxonomy
Family:
GRANULINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Granulinidae (Family)
> Pugnus (Genus)
> parvus (Species)
Details: Pugnus parvus Hedley, 1896
Size/Grows to:
Height 2mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia and Kermadec Islands, from 0-219m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Description:
Parallel-sided shape and spiral sculpture

Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.227)
  • Hedley, C. 1896 Description of Pugnus, a new genus of Ringiculidae, from Sydney Harbour, Records of the Australian Museum, 2(7) (p.105) 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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