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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CASSIDAE: CASSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cassidae (Family)
> Cassinae (Subfamily)
> Galeodea (Genus)
> triganceae (Species)
Images: Galeodea triganceae Dell, 1953
Trawled in 430 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ. 46mm
Dredged in 450 metres, Chatham Rise, NZ
Holotype, collected Aug 1970, off Mayor Island, NZ (M.040001). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CASSIDAE: CASSINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cassidae (Family)
> Cassinae (Subfamily)
> Galeodea (Genus)
> triganceae (Species)
Details: Galeodea triganceae Dell, 1953
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 35mm
Distribution:
Eastern and southern North Island, eastern South Island, Auckland Islands, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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