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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> rubiginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926
=Columbella (Atilia) rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Columbella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926
=Vexillum pseudomarginatum Suter, 1913
Images: Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
Hihi Beach, Mangonui, under rocks. 10.5mm
Under rocks, Hihi Beach, Mangonui, Northland, NZ. 10.5mm
Holotype of Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926, collected Coopers Beach, Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ (MA71291). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> rubiginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926
=Columbella (Atilia) rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Columbella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926
=Vexillum pseudomarginatum Suter, 1913
Details: Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFME.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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
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