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Taxonomy
Family:
SILIQUARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Siliquariidae (Family)
> Tenagodus (Genus)
> weldii (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:
=Pyxipoma weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Images: Tenagodus weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Living in sponge in deep water, western Bay of Plenty, NZ. 39mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
SILIQUARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Cerithioidea (Superfamily)
> Siliquariidae (Family)
> Tenagodus (Genus)
> weldii (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:
=Pyxipoma weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Details: Tenagodus weldii (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
Size/Grows to:
Length 65mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as White Island, from 0-550m
Notes:
Corkscrew Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bieler, R., Petit, R.E. 2011 Catalogue of Recent and fossil "worm-snail" taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda), Zootaxa, 2948 (p.68)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.130)
  • Tenison Woods, J.T. 1876 Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells, Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania (p.144) 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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