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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: EUMETULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Eumetulinae (Subfamily)
> Eumetula (Genus)
> aureola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Altispecula Powell, 1930
=Eumeta Mörch, 1868
=Eumetula (Altispecula) Powell, 1930
=Laskeya Iredale, 1918
=Laskeya (Altispecula) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Altispecula aureola (Powell, 1933)
=Eumetula (Altispecula) aureola (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Laskeya (Altispecula) aureola (Powell, 1933)
=Laskeya aureola (Powell, 1933)
=Socienna aureola Powell, 1933
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NEWTONIELLIDAE: EUMETULINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Triphoroidea (Superfamily)
> Newtoniellidae (Family)
> Eumetulinae (Subfamily)
> Eumetula (Genus)
> aureola (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Altispecula Powell, 1930
=Eumeta Mörch, 1868
=Eumetula (Altispecula) Powell, 1930
=Laskeya Iredale, 1918
=Laskeya (Altispecula) Powell, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Altispecula aureola (Powell, 1933)
=Eumetula (Altispecula) aureola (Powell, 1933) accepted, alternate representation
=Laskeya (Altispecula) aureola (Powell, 1933)
=Laskeya aureola (Powell, 1933)
=Socienna aureola Powell, 1933
Details: Eumetula aureola (Powell, 1933)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 1.8mm
Distribution:
Antipodes and Bounty Islands, from 77-320m
Type Data:
  • 200 metres, off Bounty Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.135)
  • 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.74)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1933 Marine Mollusca from the Bounty Islands, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 4 (p.38) Original Description

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