Quick Search
To Advanced Search
Taxonomy
Family:
RANELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Ranellidae (Family)
> Ranella (Genus)
> australasia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
=Eugyrina Dall, 1904
=Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
=Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
=Mayena Iredale, 1917
=Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Biplex australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Mayena australasia australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929
=Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954
=Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952
=Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945
=Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957
=Mayena zelandica Finlay, 1926
=Ranella australasia australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822
Images: Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
Off Three Kings Islands, NZ. 93mm
Shallow water, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. 67mm
Intertidal, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ
Holotype of Mayena australasia blacki Powell, off Otago, NZ (MA71199). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Mayena australasia vossi Powell, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71186). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Mayena zelandica Finlay, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA70453). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
RANELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Ranellidae (Family)
> Ranella (Genus)
> australasia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Argobuccinum (Ranella) Lamarck, 1816
=Eugyrina Dall, 1904
=Gyrina Schumacher, 1817
=Gyrinopsis Dall, 1925
=Mayena Iredale, 1917
=Ranella (Apollon) Montfort, 1810
Synonymised Names:
=Biplex australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Mayena australasia australasia Perry, 1811
=Mayena australasia benthicola Iredale, 1929
=Mayena australasia blacki Powell, 1954
=Mayena australasia vossi Powell, 1952
=Mayena euclia Cotton, 1945
=Mayena kurtzei Cotton, 1957
=Mayena zelandica Finlay, 1926
=Ranella australasia australasia (Perry, 1811)
=Ranella leucostoma Lamarck, 1822
Details: Ranella australasia (Perry, 1811)
Size/Grows to:
Height 123mm, Width 71mm
Distribution:
Australia, New Zealand, Kermadec Islands, and South Africa. In Australia, from Tin Can Bay, Qld, to Houtman Abrolhos, WA, including Tasmania. NZ North, South and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
KACFMI.
Notes:
Australasian Trumpet, Marine, Introduced, On rocks from low tide to moderate depths
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.221)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.166)

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
Recently Viewed