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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
Type Data:
  • 360 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ, (holotype)
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

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