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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> mariae (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 (Euthrena) mariae Powell, 1940
Images: Buccinulum mariae Powell, 1940
Holotype of Buccinulum (Euthrena) mariae, collected from Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ (MA70119). 19.5mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Scuba 10-15 metres off Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ. 21mm
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Buccinulum (Genus)
> mariae (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 (Euthrena) mariae Powell, 1940
Details: Buccinulum mariae Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 26mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast to Bay of Plenty and East Cape
Geographical Range:
A
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.199)
  • 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.275)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.238) Original Description

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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