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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Amaea (Genus)
> thielei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Scala (Amaea) thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scala thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scalaria picturata Yokoyama, 1922
Images: Amaea thielei (Boury, 1913)
Holotype, collected Philippines (MNHN-IM-2000-4335). 22.5mm. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Amaea (Genus)
> thielei (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Scala (Amaea) thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scala thielei de Boury, 1913
=Scalaria picturata Yokoyama, 1922
Details: Amaea thielei (Boury, 1913)
Size/Grows to:
Height 30mm
Distribution:
Indonesia and New Zealand. Kermadec Islands, from 15m
Type Data:
  • Philippine Islands, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nakayama, T. 2003 A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), Monographs of Marine Mollusca, Backhuys, Leiden, Netherlands, 6 (p.19)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.224)

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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