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Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Cantrainea (Genus)
> inexpectata (Species)
Images: Cantrainea inexpectata B.A. Marshall, 1979
In crab pot, 600 metres, E of Auckland, NZ. 14mm. © rights reserved
In crab pot, 600 metres, E of Auckland, NZ. 14mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
COLLONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Colloniidae (Family)
> Cantrainea (Genus)
> inexpectata (Species)
Details: Cantrainea inexpectata B.A. Marshall, 1979
Size/Grows to:
Height 14mm, Width 13.0mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Kermadec Ridge, Macquarie Ridge and Bounty Plateau
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A. 1979 The Trochidae and Turbinidae of the Kermadec Ridge (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 6(4) (p.551) 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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