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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 Gould, 1849
=Solarium egenum Gould, 1849
Images: Antisolarium egenum (Gould, 1849)
From beach drift, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 7mm
From beach drift, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 7mm
From beach drift, Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 7mm
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 Gould, 1849
=Solarium egenum Gould, 1849
Details: Antisolarium egenum (Gould, 1849)
Size/Grows to:
Width 7.5mm, Height 5.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Shallow water to about 100 fathoms
Geographical Range:
ACFMR.Fo.
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

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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