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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)
> pellucida (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 (Calliotropis) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum spiratum W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
=Calliostoma pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
=Calliostoma undulatum Finlay, 1923
=Trochus pellucidus Valenciennes, 1846
=Trochus torquatus Anton, 1848
=Venustas pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
Images: Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
Off Cape Rodney, Leigh, 22 metes. 34mm
Off Cape Rodney, Leigh, 22 metes. 34mm
At low tide, Warkworth, Auckland, NZ
(spirata form) - From below low tide, Far North, NZ. 44mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> pellucida (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 (Calliotropis) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
=Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pellucidum spiratum W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
=Calliostoma pellucidum (Valenciennes, 1846)
=Calliostoma undulatum Finlay, 1923
=Trochus pellucidus Valenciennes, 1846
=Trochus torquatus Anton, 1848
=Venustas pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
Details: Maurea pellucida (Valenciennes, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 48mm, Width 44mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Islands, 0-187 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Walton, K. Nov/2011 Recent additions to the checklist of Marine Mollusca from Wellington Harbour and approaches, Cookia, 23 (p.13)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1995 A revision of the Recent Calliostoma species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea), The Nautilus, 108(4) (p.111)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.61)

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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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