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Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Chileutomia (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Images: Chileutomia neozelanica Powell, 1940
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, off Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ (MA72047). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EULIMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Vanikoioidea (Superfamily)
> Eulimidae (Family)
> Chileutomia (Genus)
> neozelanica (Species)
Details: Chileutomia neozelanica Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 1.6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Poor Knights Islands, from 20-206m
Type Data:
  • 91 metres, off Spirits Bay, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.141)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.235) 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