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Taxonomy
Family:
LAUBIERINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Laubierinidae (Family)
> Akibumia (Genus)
> orientalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trichotropis orientalis Schepman, 1909
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Taxonomy
Family:
LAUBIERINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Laubierinidae (Family)
> Akibumia (Genus)
> orientalis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Trichotropis orientalis Schepman, 1909
Details: Akibumia orientalis (Schepman, 1909)
Size/Grows to:
Width 17mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific, Three Kings Rise, 805-1570 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Warén, A., Bouchet, P. 1990 Laubierinidae and Pisanianurinae (Ranellidae), two new deep-sea taxa of the Tonnoidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), The Veliger, 33(1) (p.75)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil