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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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References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.19)
  • Beu, A.G. 2017 Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), Records of the Australian Museum, 63(3) (p.203)
  • Thompson, F. Jul/1991 Recluzia rollandiana washups in the Far North, Poirieria, 16(3) (p.34)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.254)
  • Oliver, W.R.B. 1915 The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 47 (p.525)

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Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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