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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)
> Globisinum (Genus)
> drewi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euspira venusta Suter, 1907
=Globisinum flemingi Powell, 1931
=Globisinum mucronatum Marwick, 1928
=Globisinum venustum (Suter, 1907)
=Globisinum wollastoni Finlay, 1927
=Natica (Ampullina) laevis Hutton, 1885
=Natica laevis Hutton, 1885
=Sigaretus drewi Murdoch, 1899
=Sigaretus undulatus Hutton, 1885
Images: Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899)
In beach drift, Aug 1972, Marfells Beach, Marlborough, NZ. 22mm. © rights reserved
Collected 1985, Paraparaumu Beach, NZ (M.081211). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
In shell drift, Marfells Beach, Marlborough, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: GLOBISININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Globisininae (Subfamily)
> Globisinum (Genus)
> drewi (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Euspira venusta Suter, 1907
=Globisinum flemingi Powell, 1931
=Globisinum mucronatum Marwick, 1928
=Globisinum venustum (Suter, 1907)
=Globisinum wollastoni Finlay, 1927
=Natica (Ampullina) laevis Hutton, 1885
=Natica laevis Hutton, 1885
=Sigaretus drewi Murdoch, 1899
=Sigaretus undulatus Hutton, 1885
Details: Globisinum drewi (Murdoch, 1899)
Size/Grows to:
Height 50mm, Width 50mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North and South Islands, Bounty Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 0-900m
Type Data:
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.352)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.158)
  • Murdoch, R. 1899 Murdoch, R. (1899). Description of Sigaretus? drewi n.sp. (fossil), and Cirsonella? neozelanica, n.sp., from New Zealand; with notes on some New Zealand land mollusca, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 3 (p.320) 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
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