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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> benthicolus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) Finlay, 1926
=Aeneator (Ellicea) Finlay, 1928
=Aeneator (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Ellicea Finlay, 1928
=Ellicea (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Pittella Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator (Ellicea) benthicolus Dell, 1963
Images: Aeneator benthicolus Dell, 1963
Off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty. 68mm
Holotype, collected 23 Nov 1962, NE of Cavalli Islands, NZ (M.016278). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 28 Feb 1998, off Cape Kidnappers, NZ (M.147010). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> benthicolus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) Finlay, 1926
=Aeneator (Ellicea) Finlay, 1928
=Aeneator (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Ellicea Finlay, 1928
=Ellicea (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Pittella Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator (Ellicea) benthicolus Dell, 1963
Details: Aeneator benthicolus Dell, 1963
Size/Grows to:
Height 83mm, Width 40mm
Distribution:
North Island, Northland to Bay of Plenty in deep water to about 300 fathoms
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.202)
  • Dell, R.K. 1963 Archibenthal Mollusca from northern New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 3(6) (p.210) 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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