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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. 20mm
Off Northland east coast, 15 metres. 26mm
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:
Northland east coast to Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty. Also Lord Howe, Norfolk and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Species Links
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References and Publications
- 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)
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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