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Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Euthrenopsis (Genus)
> venusta (Species)
Images: Euthrenopsis venusta Powell, 1929
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, off Oamaru, NZ (MA70307). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Euthrenopsis (Genus)
> venusta (Species)
Details: Euthrenopsis venusta Powell, 1929
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Cook Strait, eastern South Island, and Stewart, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands, and Bounty Plateau, from 10-739m
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.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
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