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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> waltoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Images: Austromitra waltoni Marshall & Marrow, 2021
Holotype, collected off Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.148602). 11.6mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (all rights reserved)
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> waltoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Details: Austromitra waltoni Marshall & Marrow, 2021
Size/Grows to:
Height 11.6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, off Ahipara, and Ranfurly Bank, from 48-310m
Type Data:
  • 100 metres, Middlesex Bank, NW of Three Kings Islands, NZ, (paratype)
  • 170-180 metres, SE of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Marrow, M.P. 2021 The living Austromitra species of New Zealand (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Costellariidae), Novapex, 22(3) (p.70) 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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