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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, Chatham, Snares and Auckland Islands. Low tide to about 75 fathoms, more common in south
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine
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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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