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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)
> granti (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) granti (Powell, 1931)
=Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931)
=Maurea (Mucrinops) granti Powell, 1931
=Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, 1939
=Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1952
Images: Maurea granti Powell, 1931
From Breaksea Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 37mm. © rights reserved
From Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 26mm. © rights reserved
From off Lyttelton, Christchurch, NZ. 37mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 108 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA71439). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, fossil Lower Pliocene, collected Waihi Beach, Hawera, Taranaki, NZ (MA70449). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, collected Mason Bay, Stewart Island, NZ (MA70450). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 108 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA71185). © 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)
> granti (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) granti (Powell, 1931)
=Calliostoma granti (Powell, 1931)
=Maurea (Mucrinops) granti Powell, 1931
=Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, 1939
=Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1952
Details: Maurea granti Powell, 1931
Size/Grows to:
Height 45mm, Width 42mm
Distribution:
Southern North Island as far north as Ranfurly Bank, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, Pukaki Rise and western Chatham Rise, from 0-360m
Type Data:
  • Waihi Beach, near mouth of Waihi Stream, Hawera, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
  • 90-130 metres, off Otago, NZ, (type of Venustas punctulata multigemmata Powell, 1931)
  • Mason Bay, Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype of Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata ampla Powell, 1939)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Raven, J.L. Nov/2011 Notes on New Zealand collected species, Cookia, 23 (p.18)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea), The Nautilus, 108(4) (p.90)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.62)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1931 Waitotaran faunules of the Wanganui System: and descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the New Zealand Pliocene, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 1 (p.97) 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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