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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. © rights reserved
From the Chatham Rise, dredged. 41mm. © rights reserved
Collected in 890 metres, S of Kaikoura, NZ. © rights reserved
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:
North-western North Island, Challenger Plateau, south-eastern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 302-1190m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
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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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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