Pukeuria is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks or micromollusks. This genus is currently placed in the subfamily Chrysallidinae of the family Odostomiidae.
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| Pukeuria anaglypta type specimen from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Tribe: | Chrysallidini |
| Genus: | Pukeuria Laws, 1940 |
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Shell description
editThe original genus description, and the description of the type species (Laws 1941) can be found at: [1]
Life history
editNothing is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Pukeuria include:
- Pukeuria anaglypta Laws, 1941 (Type species)
References
edit- Laws, C. R. (1941). "Review of the tertiary and Recent Neozelandic Pyramidellid Molluscs. (. The pyrgunillid genera and the genus Evalea". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 71 (1): 6–22 + plates 1–2.
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