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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: THYSANODONTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Thysanodontinae (Subfamily)
> Thysanodonta (Genus)
> wairua (Species)
Images: Thysanodonta wairua B.A. Marshall, 1988
Holotype, collected 19 Feb 1974, off Three Kings Islands, NZ (M.035269). 8.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CALLIOSTOMATIDAE: THYSANODONTINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Calliostomatidae (Family)
> Thysanodontinae (Subfamily)
> Thysanodonta (Genus)
> wairua (Species)
Details: Thysanodonta wairua B.A. Marshall, 1988
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank and Three Kings Islands, from 103-805m
Type Data:
  • 255 metres, off Three Kings Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1988 Thysanodontinae: a new subfamily of the Trochidae (Gastropoda), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 54 (p.219) 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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