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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epitonium (Genus)
> tenellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Epitonium (Papyriscala) tenellum (Hutton, 1885) accepted, alternate representation
=Epitonium helicornuum (Iredale, 1936)
=Epitonium novoseelandiae (Clessin, 1897)
=Epitonium tenellum helicornuum (Iredale, 1936)
=Limiscala helicornua Iredale, 1936
=Limiscala tenella (Hutton, 1885)
=Scalaria novoseelandiae Clessin, 1897
=Scalaria tenella Hutton, 1885
Images: Epitonium tenellum (Hutton, 1885)
In beach drift, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 14mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. Close-up of varices. 14mm. © rights reserved
Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ. 18mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epitonium (Genus)
> tenellum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Epitonium (Papyriscala) tenellum (Hutton, 1885) accepted, alternate representation
=Epitonium helicornuum (Iredale, 1936)
=Epitonium novoseelandiae (Clessin, 1897)
=Epitonium tenellum helicornuum (Iredale, 1936)
=Limiscala helicornua Iredale, 1936
=Limiscala tenella (Hutton, 1885)
=Scalaria novoseelandiae Clessin, 1897
=Scalaria tenella Hutton, 1885
Details: Epitonium tenellum (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Eastern Australia and New Zealand. Northern North Island as far south as Ohiwa Harbour, and northern South Island as far south as Nelson, from 0-11m
Notes:
Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Non-endemic, In sheltered shallow water, on silty sand
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.251)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Revision of the marine taeniglossate and ptenoglossate Mollusca of New Zealand, Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 9 (p.943) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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