Pupa affinis | |
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A shell of Pupa affinis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Pupa |
Species: | P. affinis
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Binomial name | |
Pupa affinis (
A. Adams, 1855)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Pupa affinis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. It is found in the waters around the North Island of New Zealand. [1] [2]
The shell is 15 mm in length and is usually white, beige, or brown, with or without black markings. It is egg shaped ( ovate) with an elevated spire. The columella or central axis of the shell has a large double fold. [3]
A synonym of this species, described for science by Frederick Hutton, may have been named for New Zealand cephalopod biologist Thomas William Kirk, or his father Thomas Kirk, curator of the Auckland Museum. [4]
Pupa affinis | |
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A shell of Pupa affinis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Acteonidae |
Genus: | Pupa |
Species: | P. affinis
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Binomial name | |
Pupa affinis (
A. Adams, 1855)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Pupa affinis is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Acteonidae. It is found in the waters around the North Island of New Zealand. [1] [2]
The shell is 15 mm in length and is usually white, beige, or brown, with or without black markings. It is egg shaped ( ovate) with an elevated spire. The columella or central axis of the shell has a large double fold. [3]
A synonym of this species, described for science by Frederick Hutton, may have been named for New Zealand cephalopod biologist Thomas William Kirk, or his father Thomas Kirk, curator of the Auckland Museum. [4]