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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. © rights reserved
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, from 0m
Notes:
Marine
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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)

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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