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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Austrosassia (Genus)
> parkinsonia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cymatona Iredale, 1929
=Sassia Bellardi, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotriton parkinsonius (Perry, 1811)
=Austrotriton parkinsonius basilicus Iredale, 1924
=Sassia lindneri Parth, 1992
=Sassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
=Septa parkinsonia Perry, 1811
=Triton fusiformis Kiener, 1842
Images: Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
Scuba 15 metres, Northland, NZ. 48mm
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Austrosassia (Genus)
> parkinsonia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cymatona Iredale, 1929
=Sassia Bellardi, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Austrotriton parkinsonius (Perry, 1811)
=Austrotriton parkinsonius basilicus Iredale, 1924
=Sassia lindneri Parth, 1992
=Sassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
=Septa parkinsonia Perry, 1811
=Triton fusiformis Kiener, 1842
Details: Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)
Size/Grows to:
Height 58mm, Width 29mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and northern New Zealand. King Bank, Raoul and Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Non-endemic, Below low water to about 65 metres
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.165)

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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