Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852)Species Images
In beach drift on sandy beaches. 11mm
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Epitonium jukesianum (Forbes, 1852)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Ptenoglossa (Order) > Epitonioidea (Superfamily) > Epitoniidae (Family) > Epitonium (Genus) > Hyaloscala (Subgenus) > jukesianum (Species)
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 4mm
Synonyms:
(=ampacta Iredale)
Distribution:
North Island to Cook Strait. Also Tasmania and from New South Wales to Western Australia
Geographical Range:
ACE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)
*2 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Key to 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
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