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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)
> selecta (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) pagoda W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) selectum (Dillwyn, 1817)
=Calliostoma carnicolor Preston, 1907
=Calliostoma cunninghamii (Gray, 1833)
=Calliostoma pagoda W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma selectum (Dillwyn, 1817)
=Trochus cunninghami Gray, 1834
=Trochus selectus Dillwyn, 1817
=Venustas cunninghami (Gray, 1834)
=Venustas cunninghami regifica Finlay, 1927
=Zizyphinus hodgei Hutton, 1875
=Zizyphinus ponderosus Hutton, 1885
Images: Maurea selecta (Dillwyn, 1817)
Trawled by Scallop Boats, Chatham Islands, NZ. 48mm
Holotype of Calliostoma (Calliotropis) pagoda Oliver, 1926, collected off Cape Campbell, Marlborough, NZ (M.001602). 65mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 19 Sep 1987, W of Chatham Island, NZ (M.090061). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype of Venustas cunninghami regifica Finlay, trawled in 55 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70823). © 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)
> selecta (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) pagoda W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma (Maurea) selectum (Dillwyn, 1817)
=Calliostoma carnicolor Preston, 1907
=Calliostoma cunninghamii (Gray, 1833)
=Calliostoma pagoda W.R.B. Oliver, 1926
=Calliostoma selectum (Dillwyn, 1817)
=Trochus cunninghami Gray, 1834
=Trochus selectus Dillwyn, 1817
=Venustas cunninghami (Gray, 1834)
=Venustas cunninghami regifica Finlay, 1927
=Zizyphinus hodgei Hutton, 1875
=Zizyphinus ponderosus Hutton, 1885
Details: Maurea selecta (Dillwyn, 1817)
Size/Grows to:
Width 67mm, Height 53mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. 0-293 metres
Notes:
Pale Tiger Shell, 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.108)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.61)
  • Hazelwood, B.F. Nov/1970 Items of Interest: Maurea cunninghami, Poirieria, 5(5) (p.82)
  • Dillwyn, L. 1817 A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy 2, London: John and Arthur Arch 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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