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Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Euthrenopsis (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Images: Euthrenopsis otagoensis Powell, 1929
Holotype, collected off Otago Heads, 110 metres (MA70306). 10mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged 120-200 metres, off Otago Heads, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Euthrenopsis (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Details: Euthrenopsis otagoensis Powell, 1929
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
South Island. Kaikoura to Foveaux Strait
Type Data:
  • 110 metres, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1979 Bathyal Nukumaruan mollusca from Oaro, southern Marlborough, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 22(1) (p.96)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.200)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1930 The Recent and Tertiary species of the Genus Buccinulum in New Zealand, with a review of related Genera and Families, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 60 (p.89) 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