Quick Search
To Advanced Search
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
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
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:
Far North to North Canterbury and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
Recently Viewed