Exilia expeditionis (Dell, 1956)Species Images
Holotype, collected 10 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009260). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Species Links
External Web Links
Exilia expeditionis (Dell, 1956)
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Turbinelloidea (Superfamily) > Ptychatractidae (Family) > Exilia (Genus) > expeditionis (Species)
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Size/Grows to:
Height 42mm, Width 20mm
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthovoluta Kuroda & Habe, 1950
=Chathamidia Dell, 1956
=Daphnella (Surculina) Dall, 1908
=Fasciolaria (Mesorhytis) Meek, 1876
=Graphidula Stephenson, 1941
=Mesorhytis Meek, 1876
=Mitraefusus Bellardi, 1873
=Palaeorhaphis Stewart, 1927
=Phenacoptygma Dall, 1918
=Surculina Dall, 1908
=Zexilia Finlay, 1926
=Chathamidia Dell, 1956
=Daphnella (Surculina) Dall, 1908
=Fasciolaria (Mesorhytis) Meek, 1876
=Graphidula Stephenson, 1941
=Mesorhytis Meek, 1876
=Mitraefusus Bellardi, 1873
=Palaeorhaphis Stewart, 1927
=Phenacoptygma Dall, 1918
=Surculina Dall, 1908
=Zexilia Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Chathamidia expeditionis Dell, 1956
=Surculina expeditionis (Dell, 1956)
=Surculina expeditionis (Dell, 1956)
Distribution:
Trawled off South Island east coast to Chatham Islands, 400-984 metres
Geographical Range:
CFME.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Kantor, Y.I., Bouchet, P., Oleinik, A. 2001 A revision of the Recent species of Exilia, formerly Benthovoluta (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae), Ruthenica, 11 (p.127)
- Harasewych, M.G. 1987 A revision of the genus Benthovoluta with notes on the evolution of the subfamily Ptychatractinae (Prosobranchia: Turbinellidae), The Nautilus, 101(4) (p.177)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.217)
*98 © 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
Recently Viewed
