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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Venustatrochus (Genus)
> eclectus (Species)
Images: Venustatrochus eclectus B.A. Marshall, 2016
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 21mm. © rights reserved
Trawled in 1000 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 21mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Venustatrochus (Genus)
> eclectus (Species)
Details: Venustatrochus eclectus B.A. Marshall, 2016
Size/Grows to:
Width 24.1mm, Height 23.7mm
Distribution:
Kermadec Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Aotea Seamount, south-eastern North Island, Chatham Rise, Lousiville Ridge and Macquarie Ridge, from 750-1287m
Type Data:
  • 1110-1300 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (paratype)
  • 920-1020 metres, Graveyard Seamount Complex, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 2016 New species of Venustatrochus Powell, 1951 from New Zealand, and new species of Falsimargarita Powell, 1951 and a new genus of the Calliostomatidae from the southwest Pacific, with comments on some other calliostomatid genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Molluscan Research, 36(2) (p.124) 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