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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: UMBONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Umboniinae (Subfamily)
> Antisolarium (Genus)
> egenum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Margarita dilecta A. Adams, 1855
=Monilea zealandica Hutton, 1873
=Solarium (Torinia) egenum A.A. Gould, 1849
=Solarium egenum A.A. Gould, 1849
Images: Antisolarium egenum (A.A. Gould, 1849)
From beach drift, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 7mm. © rights reserved
From beach drift, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 7mm. © rights reserved
From beach drift, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 7mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TROCHIDAE: UMBONIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Trochidae (Family)
> Umboniinae (Subfamily)
> Antisolarium (Genus)
> egenum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Margarita dilecta A. Adams, 1855
=Monilea zealandica Hutton, 1873
=Solarium (Torinia) egenum A.A. Gould, 1849
=Solarium egenum A.A. Gould, 1849
Details: Antisolarium egenum (A.A. Gould, 1849)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.5mm, Height 5.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands, from 0-549m
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.65)
  • Gould, A. 1849 Descriptions of new species of shells, brought home by the U. S. Exploring Expedition, Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3 (p.84) 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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