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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)
> Maurea (Genus)
> blacki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alertalex Dell, 1956
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliotropis W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calotropis Thiele, 1929
=Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956
=Maurea (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
=Mauriella W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Mucrinops Finlay, 1926
=Venustas Finlay, 1926
=Venustas (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki (Powell, 1950)
=Calliostoma blacki (Powell, 1950)
=Thoristella chathamensis profunda Dell, 1956
=Venustas blacki Powell, 1950
=Venustas couperi Vella, 1954
Images: Maurea blacki (Powell, 1950)
Trawled off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ. 34mm
Trawled 140-170 metres, North Snares Bank, NZ
Trawled 140-170 metres, North Snares Bank, NZ
Holotype of Venustas blacki Powell, off Eastern Otago, NZ (MA71168). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Venustas blacki Powell, off Eastern Otago, NZ (MA71168). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> blacki (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alertalex Dell, 1956
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliotropis W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calotropis Thiele, 1929
=Maurea (Alertalex) Dell, 1956
=Maurea (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
=Mauriella W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Mucrinops Finlay, 1926
=Venustas Finlay, 1926
=Venustas (Mucrinops) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Calliostoma (Maurea) blacki (Powell, 1950)
=Calliostoma blacki (Powell, 1950)
=Thoristella chathamensis profunda Dell, 1956
=Venustas blacki Powell, 1950
=Venustas couperi Vella, 1954
Details: Maurea blacki (Powell, 1950)
Size/Grows to:
Height 56mm, Width 56mm
Distribution:
South Island, off Eastern Otago
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea), The Nautilus, 108(4) (p.102)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.63)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1950 Mollusca from the continental shelf, eastern Otago, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4 (p.80) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
*88 © NIWA

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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