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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:
Off Bounty Islands
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
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

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