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Taxonomy
Family:
SILIQUARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Siliquariidae (Family)
> Tenagodus (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Agathirses Montfort, 1808
=Anguinaria Schumacher, 1817
=Pyxipoma Mörch, 1861
=Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
=Tenagodes P. Fischer, 1885
=Tenagodus (Tenagodus) Guettard, 1770
Synonymised Names:
=Siliquaria maoria Powell, 1940
Images: Tenagodus maoria (Powell, 1940)
Found buried in sponges, off Northland, NZ. 23mm
Taxonomy
Family:
SILIQUARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Siliquariidae (Family)
> Tenagodus (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Agathirses Montfort, 1808
=Anguinaria Schumacher, 1817
=Pyxipoma Mörch, 1861
=Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
=Tenagodes P. Fischer, 1885
=Tenagodus (Tenagodus) Guettard, 1770
Synonymised Names:
=Siliquaria maoria Powell, 1940
Details: Tenagodus maoria (Powell, 1940)
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm
Distribution:
Northland to Cook Strait
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.130)
  • Gardner, N.W. Sep/1963 Notes of Interest: Siliquaria maoria, Poirieria, 1(5)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.231) Original Description

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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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