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Taxonomy
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Ptychatractidae (Family)
> Metzgeria (Genus)
> shirleyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Volutomitra H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Boreotrophon shirleyi Cernohorsky, 1980
Images: Metzgeria shirleyi Cernohorsky, 1980
Holotype of Boreotrophon shirleyi Cernohorsky, 1980, trawled in 366-476 metres, near Motiti Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ. (MA71362). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PTYCHATRACTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Ptychatractidae (Family)
> Metzgeria (Genus)
> shirleyi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Volutomitra H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Boreotrophon shirleyi Cernohorsky, 1980
Details: Metzgeria shirleyi Cernohorsky, 1980
Size/Grows to:
Height 52mm, Width 24mm
Distribution:
Off Mayor and Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, Trawled 357-666 metres
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Dell, R.K. 1995 New species and records of deep-water Mollusca from off New Zealand, Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 2 (p.18)
  • Gardner, N.W. May/1980 Boreotrophon shirleyi Cernohorsky, 1980 - a note on -, Poirieria, 10(5) (p.91)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980 New species of bathyal gastropods from Australia and New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 16 (p.107) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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