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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Sassia (Genus)
> remensa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lampusia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
=Monocirsus Cossmann, 1889
=Phanozesta Iredale, 1936
=Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Phanozesta remensa Iredale, 1936
=Sassia marshalli Beu, 1978
Images: Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936)
Seamount, outer Bay of Plenty, NZ. © rights reserved
Collected off Beacon Reef, Swain Reefs, Queensland, in 234 metres (C.306165). https://seashellsofnsw.org.au/
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Sassia (Genus)
> remensa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Lampusia (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
=Monocirsus Cossmann, 1889
=Phanozesta Iredale, 1936
=Triton (Sassia) Bellardi, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Phanozesta remensa Iredale, 1936
=Sassia marshalli Beu, 1978
Details: Sassia remensa (Iredale, 1936)
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Eastern Australia (from 100-600 metres), New Zealand (300-400 metres), and from deep sea dredging around New Caledonia, Vanuatu and in the Coral Sea. Northern NZ to Bay of Plenty in deep water
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1978 New records and species of Cymatiidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Kermadec Islands, Norfolk Ridge and New Zealand, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, 4(1) (p.31)
  • Iredale, T. 1936 Australian Molluscan Notes No.2, Records of the Australian Museum, 19(5) (p.309) Original Description

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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
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