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Taxonomy
Family:
CIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Cimoidea (Superfamily)
> Cimidae (Family)
> Graphis (Genus)
> blanda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aclis (Graphis) Jeffreys, 1867
=Cioniscus Jeffreys, 1869
=Graphis (Graphis) Jeffreys, 1867
Synonymised Names:
=Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) blanda Finlay, 1924
Images: Graphis blanda (Finlay, 1924)
Holotype, collected pre 1924, Taieri Beach, Otago, NZ (MA70791). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
CIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Cimoidea (Superfamily)
> Cimidae (Family)
> Graphis (Genus)
> blanda (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aclis (Graphis) Jeffreys, 1867
=Cioniscus Jeffreys, 1869
=Graphis (Graphis) Jeffreys, 1867
Synonymised Names:
=Turbonilla (Pyrgolampros) blanda Finlay, 1924
Details: Graphis blanda (Finlay, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 3mm, Width 0.7mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, northern and south-western North Island, southern South Island, Stewart Island, and Auckland Islands, from 0-246m
Type Data:
  • Taieri Beach, SW of Dunedin, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S. Dec/1990 Graphis blanda (Finlay, 1924), Poirieria, 16(2) (p.54)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.260)
  • Finlay, H. 1924 Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.522) Original Description

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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