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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)
> williamsi (Species)
Images: Uttleya williamsi Powell, 1952
Holotype, from fish stomach 33 metres, N of Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71188). 11mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
MURICIDAE: ERGALATAXINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Muricoidea (Superfamily)
> Muricidae (Family)
> Ergalataxinae (Subfamily)
> Uttleya (Genus)
> williamsi (Species)
Details: Uttleya williamsi Powell, 1952
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 3.5mm
Distribution:
North Island, Bay of Plenty
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. 1952 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(3) (p.179) 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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