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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> linea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
=Euthrena Iredale, 1918
=Evarne H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Evarnula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinulum (Chathamina) characteristica Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) gracillimum Powell, 1934
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum aupouria Powell, 1940
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) squalidum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum Finlay, 1926
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum caelatum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926
=Buccinulum sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933
=Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784
=Cominella striata Hutton, 1875
=Fusus chemnitzii Anton, 1838
=Fusus linea Martyn, 1784
=Fusus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Murex lineatus Gmelin, 1791
=Verconella dubia Marwick, 1924
=Verconella thomsoni Marwick, 1924
Images: Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
Porirua Harbour, Wellington. 37mm
From off Northand East Coast. 34mm
From shallow water, Auckland East Coast, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> linea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Buccinulum (Chathamina) Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Euthrena) Iredale, 1918
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) Finlay, 1926
=Euthrena Iredale, 1918
=Evarne H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Evarnula Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinulum (Chathamina) characteristica Finlay, 1928
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) gracillimum Powell, 1934
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) multilineum aupouria Powell, 1940
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) squalidum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum Finlay, 1926
=Buccinulum (Evarnula) sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum caelatum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum multilineum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum squalidum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum sufflatum Finlay, 1926
=Buccinulum sufflatum decoratum Powell, 1929
=Buccinulum waitangiensis Powell, 1933
=Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784
=Cominella striata Hutton, 1875
=Fusus chemnitzii Anton, 1838
=Fusus linea Martyn, 1784
=Fusus lineatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
=Murex lineatus Gmelin, 1791
=Verconella dubia Marwick, 1924
=Verconella thomsoni Marwick, 1924
Details: Buccinulum linea (Martyn, 1784)
Size/Grows to:
Height 49mm, Width 23mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands. Under rocks from low tide
Geographical Range:
ACFME.
Notes:
Lined Whelk, Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Scott, I. Sep/1989 Buccinulum linea or Buccinulum lineum?, Poirieria, 16(1) (p.6)
  • Gibbs, D.W. Aug/1988 Mahia Peninsula, Poirieria, 15(5) (p.17)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.198)
  • Beu, A.G., Cernohorsky, W.O., Climo, F.M., Dell, R.K., Fleming, C.A., Marshall, B.A., Maxwell, P.A., Ponder, W.F., Powell, A.W.B. 1976 A Neotype for Buccinum linea Martyn, 1784 (Mollusca, Buccinidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 6(2) (p.221)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1971 A review of the New Zealand recent and fossil species of Buccinulum Deshayes (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Buccinidae), Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 1(3) (p.234)

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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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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