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Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Manaria (Genus)
> galatheae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator galatheae Powell, 1958
Images: Manaria galatheae Powell, 1958
Holotype, collected Milford Sound, Fiordland, 290 metres (MA71996). 27mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Manaria (Genus)
> galatheae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator galatheae Powell, 1958
Details: Manaria galatheae Powell, 1958
Size/Grows to:
Height 40mm, Width 15mm
Distribution:
South-western South Island, from 195-415m
Type Data:
  • 290 metres, Milford Sound, NZ, (holotype)
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.203)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1958 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 3, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 5(1) (p.91) 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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