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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Acirsa (Genus)
> cookiana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mathildona cookiana Dell, 1956
Images: Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)
Collected 30 Aug 1951, W of Kapiti Island, NZ (M.008842). 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
(M.008842) - aperture detail. 10mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Acirsa (Genus)
> cookiana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mathildona cookiana Dell, 1956
Details: Acirsa cookiana (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands, off Cape Maria van Diemen, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and eastern South Island, from 63-340m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.250)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 Some new off-shore Mollusca from New Zealand., Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1) (p.39) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
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