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Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Elaphriella (Genus)
> diplax (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia diplax B.A. Marshall, 1999 (original combination)
Images: Elaphriella diplax (B.A. Marshall, 1999)
Holotype of Archiminolia diplax, collected 23 Jan 1979, NE of Mayor Island, NZ (M.060166). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
SOLARIELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Solariellidae (Family)
> Elaphriella (Genus)
> diplax (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Archiminolia diplax B.A. Marshall, 1999 (original combination)
Details: Elaphriella diplax (B.A. Marshall, 1999)
Size/Grows to:
Width 11mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 655-807m
Type Data:
  • 810-870 metres, SE of Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (paratype)
  • 750-825 metres, NE of Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1999 A revision of the Recent Solariellinae (Gastropoda: Trochoidea) of the New Zealand Region, The Nautilus, 113(1) (p.28) 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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