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Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Annaperenna (Genus)
> verrucosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex papilla W. Wood, 1828
=Ranella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
=Bursa verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Images: Annaperenna verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
From about 20 metres, off Northland, NZ. 30mm
Washed up in beach drift, Rarawa Beach, Far North. 35mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BURSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Bursidae (Family)
> Annaperenna (Genus)
> verrucosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Murex papilla W. Wood, 1828
=Ranella verrucosa G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
=Bursa verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Details: Annaperenna verrucosa (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 30mm
Distribution:
Off Northland and White Island, NZ. Also Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, Kermadecs and New South Wales
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M., Burch, K.W., Carson, K., Walton, K., Plaisted, J. Nov/2017 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 29 (p.14)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.64)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.169)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1967 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 6, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.190)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1965 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 5, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.162)

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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