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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)
> amphiala (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Friginatica amphiala (R.B. Watson, 1881)
=Natica amphiala R.B. Watson, 1881
Images: Falsilunatia amphiala (R.B. Watson, 1881)
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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)
> amphiala (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Friginatica amphiala (R.B. Watson, 1881)
=Natica amphiala R.B. Watson, 1881
Details: Falsilunatia amphiala (R.B. Watson, 1881)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm
Distribution:
Chatham Rise, Chatham Islands, Off Eastern Otago
Geographical Range:
FM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1979 Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1) (p.91)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.157)
  • Watson, R.B. 1881 Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 15 (p.260) Original Description

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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