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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epitonium (Genus)
> bucknilli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Epitonium (Hyaloscala) bucknilli Powell, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Epitonium bucknilli Powell, 1924
In beach drift, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 9mm
In beach drift, Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. Showing striations between varices. 9mm
Holotype, collected Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA72057). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epitonium (Genus)
> bucknilli (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Epitonium (Hyaloscala) bucknilli Powell, 1924 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Epitonium bucknilli Powell, 1924
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Northland to Mahia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Wentletrap, Marine, Native - Endemic, Gaps between varices are striated
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.33)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.251)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1924 On a New Species of Epitonium, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.138) Original Description

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

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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