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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> valedictus (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:
=Fusus valedictus R.B. Watson, 1886
Images: Aeneator valedictus (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Off Stewart Island, approx. 1000m deep. 41mm
From the Chatham Rise, dredged. 41mm
Collected in 890 metres, S of Kaikoura, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> valedictus (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:
=Fusus valedictus R.B. Watson, 1886
Details: Aeneator valedictus (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Size/Grows to:
Height 50mm, Width 22mm
Distribution:
South Island and Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
CFM
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Has axial sculpture only as nodules around the shoulder angle
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.202)
  • Watson, R.B. 1886 Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76., Zoology, 15(42) (p.191) Original Description

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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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