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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Argobuccinum (Genus)
> pustulosum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
=Buccinum pustulosum Lightfoot, 1786
=Bursa tumida Dunker, 1862
=Cassidea tuberculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
=Tritonium argobuccinum Röding, 1798
Images: Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786)
Dived in Milford Sound, Fiordland, NZ. 75mm
Off Raglan, Waikato, NZ
Collected in beach drift, Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, NZ. 45mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Argobuccinum (Genus)
> pustulosum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Argobuccinum tumidum (Dunker, 1862)
=Buccinum pustulosum Lightfoot, 1786
=Bursa tumida Dunker, 1862
=Cassidea tuberculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
=Tritonium argobuccinum Röding, 1798
Details: Argobuccinum pustulosum (Lightfoot, 1786)
Size/Grows to:
Height 136mm, Width 95mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Low tide to about 120 metres, more common in south
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.166)

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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