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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)
> punctulata (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) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum stewartianum W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) wanganuicum W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
=Calliostoma punctulatum urbanior (Finlay, 1926)
=Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
=Trochus diaphanus Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus punctulatus Martyn, 1784
=Turbo grandineus Valenciennes, 1846
=Turbo pulcherrimus Noodt, 1819
=Turbo pulcherrimus Röding, 1798
=Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
=Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926
=Venustas punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
=Venustas punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926
Images: Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
From off Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 33mm
From off Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 35mm
Holotype of Maurea punctulatum stewartianum, collected no other data, NZ (M.000879). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Venustas punctulata urbanior Finlay, Foveaux Strait, NZ (MA70824). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Found on the Rainbow Warrior, Matauri Bay, Northland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: CALLIOSTOMATINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Calliostomatinae (Subfamily)
> Maurea (Genus)
> punctulata (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) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum stewartianum W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Mauriella) wanganuicum W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
=Calliostoma punctulatum urbanior (Finlay, 1926)
=Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
=Trochus diaphanus Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus punctulatus Martyn, 1784
=Turbo grandineus Valenciennes, 1846
=Turbo pulcherrimus Noodt, 1819
=Turbo pulcherrimus Röding, 1798
=Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
=Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926
=Venustas punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
=Venustas punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926
Details: Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
Size/Grows to:
Height 52mm, Width 47mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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