WoRMS taxon details
Murdochella H. J. Finlay, 1926
196952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196952)
accepted
Genus
Scala levifoliata Murdoch & Suter, 1906 accepted as Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906) (type by original designation)
- Species Murdochella alacer H. J. Finlay, 1926
- Species Murdochella antarctica Dell, 1990
- Species Murdochella crispata Kilburn, 1985
- Species Murdochella levifoliata (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
- Species Murdochella lobata Kilburn, 1985
- Species Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936
- Species Murdochella tricingulata Campagnari & D. L. Geiger, 2018
- Species Murdochella turritelliformis L. G. Brown, 2019
- Species Murdochella superlata H. J. Finlay, 1930 accepted as Papuliscala superlata (H. J. Finlay, 1930) (superseded combination)
- Species Murdochella tertia H. J. Finlay, 1930 accepted as Murdochella alacer H. J. Finlay, 1926
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): 402, 477 [details]
page(s): 402, 477 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Murdochella H. J. Finlay, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196952 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Finlay, H. J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 57: 320-485, pls 18-23 [dated 1927, published Dec, 1926]., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_57/rsnz_57_00_003550.html
page(s): 402, 477 [details]
page(s): 402, 477 [details]
Other
additional source
Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3907(1): 1-188., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]additional source Kilburn R.N. (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 27(1): 239-337., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?
page(s): 262 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
