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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)
> osbornei (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) osbornei Powell, 1926
=Calliostoma osbornei Powell, 1926
Images: Maurea osbornei Powell, 1926
From about 15 metres, off the East Coast of Northland, living on the black Anchorina sponge. 33mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected c.49 metres, Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (MA72037). © 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)
> osbornei (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) osbornei Powell, 1926
=Calliostoma osbornei Powell, 1926
Details: Maurea osbornei Powell, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 37mm, Width 28mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and North Island as far south as Kapiti Island, from 0-233m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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