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Vermicularia maoriana A. W. B. Powell, 1937
598431 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:598431)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (polychaete)
Species
marine
Powell, A. W. B. (1937). New species of marine Mollusca from New Zealand. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 15: 153–222, pls 45–56. [Published 16 March 1937]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5648304
page(s): 207 [details]
page(s): 207 [details]
Type locality contained in Three Kings Islands
, Note Type material NHMUK 19621042-43; 1 holotype + 1...
type locality contained in Three Kings Islands [details]
Type material Type material NHMUK 19621042-43; 1 holotype + 1 paratype. Holotype size 2,7mm; Paratype 1,2mm. The holotype corresponds exactly to Powell's drawing. The protoconch is missing and the first post-larval whorls appear damaged too. Last half whorl uncoiled; aperture trumpet-shaped.
This species was considered incertae sedis by Bieler & Petit (2011:46), a status here confirmed.
It belongs in Annelida, yet it is as present not clear where it should be positioned. In that respect, the status incertae sedis is here maintained. [details]
This species was considered incertae sedis by Bieler & Petit (2011:46), a status here confirmed.
It belongs in Annelida, yet it is as present not clear where it should be positioned. In that respect, the status incertae sedis is here maintained. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vermicularia maoriana Powell, 1937. Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598431 on 2024-04-19
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Powell, A. W. B. (1937). New species of marine Mollusca from New Zealand. <em>Discovery Reports.</em> 15: 153–222, pls 45–56. [Published 16 March 1937]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5648304
page(s): 207 [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 70: 205-248., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1940-70.2.6.18
page(s): 212 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1937). Shellfish of New Zealand. The Unity Press, Auckland, pp. 100, 18 pls. 1st ed.
page(s): p. 72. [details]
status source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 207 [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1940). The marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 70: 205-248., available online at https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TPRSNZ1940-70.2.6.18
page(s): 212 [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Powell, A. W. B. (1937). Shellfish of New Zealand. The Unity Press, Auckland, pp. 100, 18 pls. 1st ed.
page(s): p. 72. [details]
status source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 46 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type material Type material NHMUK 19621042-43; 1 holotype + 1 paratype. Holotype size 2,7mm; Paratype 1,2mm. The holotype corresponds exactly to Powell's drawing. The protoconch is missing and the first post-larval whorls appear damaged too. Last half whorl uncoiled; aperture trumpet-shaped.This species was considered incertae sedis by Bieler & Petit (2011:46), a status here confirmed.
It belongs in Annelida, yet it is as present not clear where it should be positioned. In that respect, the status incertae sedis is here maintained. [details]
