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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: GLOBISININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Globisininae (Subfamily)
> Falsilunatia (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Images: Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956
Holotype of Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956, collected 24 Jan 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009770). 18mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
500-600 metres, center of Papanui Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ
500-600 metres, center of Papanui Canyon, off Otago Peninsula, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: GLOBISININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Globisininae (Subfamily)
> Falsilunatia (Genus)
> powelli (Species)
Details: Falsilunatia powelli Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm
Distribution:
Challenger Plateau, South Island, Campbell Plateau, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, and Chatham Rise
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.157)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.74) 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
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