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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:
Lord Howe Rise, Louisville Ridge and New Zealand. Southern Norfolk Ridge, West Norfolk Ridge, NW and W of Cape Reinga, eastern North Island, South, Stewart, Snares, Auckland, Campbell, Bounty, Antipodes and Chatham Islands, Challenger Plateau, Pukaki Rise and Chatham Rise
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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)

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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