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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Fusitriton (Genus)
> laudandus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusitriton futuristi Mestayer, 1927
=Fusitriton laudandus laudandus Finlay, 1926
=Fusitriton retiolus (Hedley, 1914) in part
Images: Fusitriton laudandus Finlay, 1926
With and without periostracum, trawled off Oamaru, Otago, NZ. 101mm
Holotype of Fusitriton laudandum Finlay, collected in 73 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70333). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype of Fusitriton futuristi Mestayer, 1927, collected Jul 1925, off Cape Campbell, NZ (M.001399). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Fusitriton (Genus)
> laudandus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusitriton futuristi Mestayer, 1927
=Fusitriton laudandus laudandus Finlay, 1926
=Fusitriton retiolus (Hedley, 1914) in part
Details: Fusitriton laudandus Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 157mm, Width 72mm
Distribution:
North, South, Chatham and Auckland Islands. Approx 20 to over 300 fathoms
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.167)
  • Sep/1963 Notes of Interest: Fusitriton laudandum, Poirieria, 1(5)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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