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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Pareuthria (Genus)
> fuscata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum antarcticum Reeve, 1846
=Buccinum campbelli Filhol, 1880
=Buccinum fuscatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum magellanicum Philippi, 1849
=Buccinum patagonicum Philippi, 1845
=Euthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
=Fusus hombroni Philippi, 1855
=Fusus plumbeus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus rufus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Pareuthria campbelli (Filhol, 1880)
=Pareuthria fuscata var. curta Preston, 1913
=Pareuthria magellanica (Philippi, 1849)
=Pareuthria plumbea (Philippi, 1844)
=Tritonium schwartzianum Crosse, 1861
Images: Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
Campbell Island, in low tidal pools. 28mm. © rights reserved
Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island. 29mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Pareuthria (Genus)
> fuscata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum antarcticum Reeve, 1846
=Buccinum campbelli Filhol, 1880
=Buccinum fuscatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum magellanicum Philippi, 1849
=Buccinum patagonicum Philippi, 1845
=Euthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
=Fusus hombroni Philippi, 1855
=Fusus plumbeus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus rufus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Pareuthria campbelli (Filhol, 1880)
=Pareuthria fuscata var. curta Preston, 1913
=Pareuthria magellanica (Philippi, 1849)
=Pareuthria plumbea (Philippi, 1844)
=Tritonium schwartzianum Crosse, 1861
Details: Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
Size/Grows to:
Height 33mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Campbell Island, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, from 0-10m
Type Data:
  • Campbell Island, NZ, (holotype of Pareuthria campbelli Filhol, 1880)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, In low tidal pools
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Pastorino, G. 2016 Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters., Zootaxa, 4179 (p.305)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.196)

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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