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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Claviscala (Genus)
> kuroharai (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Opalia (Claviscala) de Boury, 1909
=Scala (Claviscala) de Boury, 1909
Synonymised Names:
=Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda, 1960
=Opalia terebralioides Kilburn, 1975
Images: Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961
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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Claviscala (Genus)
> kuroharai (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Opalia (Claviscala) de Boury, 1909
=Scala (Claviscala) de Boury, 1909
Synonymised Names:
=Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda, 1960
=Opalia terebralioides Kilburn, 1975
Details: Claviscala kuroharai Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Size/Grows to:
Height 83mm, Width 22.4mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, Norfolk Islands, Japan. 200-730 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dell, R.K. 1995 New species and records of deep-water Mollusca from off New Zealand, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2 (p.20)

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil