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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Recluzia (Genus)
> lutea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Janthina jehennei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
=Janthina lutea Bennett, 1840
=Janthina turrita von dem Busch, 1849
=Lymnaea palmeri Dall, 1871
=Recluzia bensoni A. Adams, 1861
=Recluzia effusa Thiele, 1928
=Recluzia globosa E.A. Smith, 1876
=Recluzia jehennei Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
=Recluzia montrouzieri Souverbie, 1871
=Recluzia palmeri (Dall, 1871)
=Recluzia rollandiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
=Recluzia rollandiana var. annamitica Wattebled, 1886
Images: Recluzia lutea (Bennett, 1840)
Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ. 23mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Recluzia (Genus)
> lutea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Janthina jehennei (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853)
=Janthina lutea Bennett, 1840
=Janthina turrita von dem Busch, 1849
=Lymnaea palmeri Dall, 1871
=Recluzia bensoni A. Adams, 1861
=Recluzia effusa Thiele, 1928
=Recluzia globosa E.A. Smith, 1876
=Recluzia jehennei Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
=Recluzia montrouzieri Souverbie, 1871
=Recluzia palmeri (Dall, 1871)
=Recluzia rollandiana Petit de la Saussaye, 1853
=Recluzia rollandiana var. annamitica Wattebled, 1886
Details: Recluzia lutea (Bennett, 1840)
Size/Grows to:
Height 37mm, Width 26mm
Distribution:
Tropical and temperate seas. Raoul Island and northern North Island as far south-east as Waihau Bay
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Pelagic, feeds on floating Minyadidae anemones
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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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