Compare Neothais smithi
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily: MURICIDAE: RAPANINAE Full Classification: Synonymised Names: =Purpura bollonsi Suter, 1906 =Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889 =Purpura striata bollonsi Suter, 1906 |
Images: Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889)
From Spirits Bay, Far North, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Off Northland east coast, 15 metres. 26mm. © rights reserved
Collected Nov 1970, Macauley Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (M.242666). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected Boat Landing, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ. 17mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily: MURICIDAE: RAPANINAE Full Classification: Synonymised Names: =Purpura bollonsi Suter, 1906 =Purpura smithi Brazier, 1889 =Purpura striata bollonsi Suter, 1906 |
Details: Neothais smithi (Brazier, 1889)
Size/Grows to:
Height 34mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Islands, Three Kings Islands, Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mayor Island, from 0-53m
Notes:
Species Links
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References and Publications
- Carson, K., Elliott, B.F., Raven, J.L., Keil, F. Nov/2013 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 25 (p.14)
- Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.225)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.181)
- Brazier, J. 1889 The general zoology of Lord Howe Island; containing also an account of the collections made by the Australian Museum Collecting Party, Aug.–Sept., 1887, Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 2 (p.28) 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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