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Taxonomy
Family:
PLANAXIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Planaxidae (Family)
> Hinea (Genus)
> brasiliana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum brasilianum Lamarck, 1822
=Planaxis mollis G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
=Planaxis pigra Forbes, 1852
Images: Hinea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1822)
Found in beach drift. 17mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PLANAXIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Planaxidae (Family)
> Hinea (Genus)
> brasiliana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum brasilianum Lamarck, 1822
=Planaxis mollis G.B. Sowerby I, 1823
=Planaxis pigra Forbes, 1852
Details: Hinea brasiliana (Lamarck, 1822)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 9mm
Distribution:
Northern part of North Island. Also Eastern Australia, Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nov/2020 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 32 (p.19)
  • Hayward, B.W., Morley, M.S. Dec/2010 Hinea brasiliana alive and well at North Cape, Poirieria, 35 (p.15)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.130)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.142)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.209)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1952 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(3) (p.174)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.518)

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