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Taxonomy
Family:
BUCCINOIDEA INCERTAE SEDIS
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Buccinoidea incertae sedis (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:
BUCCINOIDEA INCERTAE SEDIS
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Buccinoidea incertae sedis (Family)
> Euthrenopsis (Genus)
> venusta (Species)
Details: Euthrenopsis venusta Powell, 1929
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
South Island, off Oamaru
Geographical Range:
F
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

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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