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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)
> tigris (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) tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
=Calliostoma tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
=Trochus granatum Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus tigris Gmelin, 1791
=Venustas tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
=Venustas tigris chathamensis Dell, 1950
Images: Maurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
5-6 metres, Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 72mm
Holotype of Venustas tigris chathamensis, collected Jan 1924, Mangere Island, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.002128). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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)
> tigris (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) tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
=Calliostoma tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
=Trochus granatum Gmelin, 1791
=Trochus tigris Gmelin, 1791
=Venustas tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
=Venustas tigris chathamensis Dell, 1950
Details: Maurea tigris (Gmelin, 1791)
Size/Grows to:
Height 104mm, Width 97mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
Notes:
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.84)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.60)

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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