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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)
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
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
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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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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