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Taxonomy
Family:
CONRADIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Conradiidae (Family)
> Crosseola (Genus)
> cuvieriana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Crossea cuvieriana Mestayer, 1919
Images: Crosseola cuvieriana (Mestayer, 1919)
Holotype of Crossea cuvieriana Mestayer, 1919, collected 1914, off Cuvier Island, NZ (M.001069). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CONRADIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Trochida (Order)
> Trochoidea (Superfamily)
> Conradiidae (Family)
> Crosseola (Genus)
> cuvieriana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Crossea cuvieriana Mestayer, 1919
Details: Crosseola cuvieriana (Mestayer, 1919)
Size/Grows to:
Width 3mm, Height 3.4mm
Distribution:
West of Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Cuvier Island, from 48-121m
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.73)
  • Mestayer, M. 1919 New species of Mollusca from various dredgings taken off the coast of New Zealand, the Snares Islands, and the Bounty Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 51 (p.132) 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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