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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: GLOBISININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Globisininae (Subfamily)
> Falsilunatia (Genus)
> subperforata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956)
Images: Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 3 Feb 1954, SE of Pitt Island, NZ (M.009771). 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: GLOBISININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Globisininae (Subfamily)
> Falsilunatia (Genus)
> subperforata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amauropsis subperforata (Dell, 1956)
Details: Falsilunatia subperforata Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Eastern Cook Strait, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 366-732m
Type Data:
  • 600 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
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.157)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.75) 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