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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: ATAXOCERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Ataxocerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Ataxocerithium (Genus)
> huttoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium cancellatum Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium invaricosum Odhner, 1924
=Colina huttoni Cossmann, 1895
Images: Ataxocerithium huttoni (Crossmann, 1895)
Dredged in 50 metres, off Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 8mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: ATAXOCERITHIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Ataxocerithiinae (Subfamily)
> Ataxocerithium (Genus)
> huttoni (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cerithium cancellatum Hutton, 1873
=Cerithium invaricosum Odhner, 1924
=Colina huttoni Cossmann, 1895
Details: Ataxocerithium huttoni (Crossmann, 1895)
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Cook Strait, Otago and off Campbell Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFR.Fo.
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Houbrick, R.S. 1987 Description of a new giant Ataxocerithium species from Australia with remarks on the systematic placement of the genus (Prosobranchia: Cerithiopsidae), The Nautilus, 101(4) (p.160)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.131)
  • Marshall, B.A. Mar/1978 Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand and a provisional classification of the family, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 5(1) (p.60)
  • Cossmann, M. 1895 The Pliocene Mollusca of New Zealand, par F.W. Hutton, Feuilles des Jeunes Naturalistes, 25(299) (p.174) 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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