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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Danilia (Genus)
> insperata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Craspedotus Philippi, 1847
=Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861
=Olivia Cantraine, 1835
Images: Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
Holotype, collected 11 May 1972, Cook Strait, off Turakirae Head, Nicholson Canyon, NZ (M.029170). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Danilia (Genus)
> insperata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Craspedotus Philippi, 1847
=Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861
=Olivia Cantraine, 1835
Details: Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 11mm
Distribution:
Deep water off Cook Strait. Nicholson Canyon, off Turakirae Head
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.52)
  • Beu, A.G., Climo, F.M. 1974 Mollusca from a recent coral community in Palliser Bay, Cook Strait, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 8(2) (p.316) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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