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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Uttleya (Genus)
> ahiparana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rugobela ahiparana Powell, 1927
Images: Uttleya ahiparana (Powell, 1927)
Dredged off Pakiri, Northland, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
Collected 1996, SE of Te Arai Point, Mangawhai, N of Warkworth, NZ (M.131711). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 1996, SE of Te Arai Point, Mangawhai, N of Warkworth, NZ (M.131711). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Uttleya (Genus)
> ahiparana (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Rugobela ahiparana Powell, 1927
Details: Uttleya ahiparana (Powell, 1927)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Northland. Dredged around 30-40 metres
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.179)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Mollusca from Twenty-three Fathoms off Ahipara, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 58 (p.299) Original Description

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

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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