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Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Calagrassor (Genus)
> aldermenensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharus Röding, 1798
=Eosipho Thiele, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharus aldermenensis Powell, 1971
=Eosipho aldermenensis (Powell, 1971)
Images: Calagrassor aldermenensis (Powell, 1971)
Found in crevices of waterlogged wood, in deep water off Bay of Plenty, NZ. © rights reserved
Holotype of Cantarus aldermenensis, collected off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71331). ~15mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
EOSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Eosiphonidae (Family)
> Calagrassor (Genus)
> aldermenensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cantharus Röding, 1798
=Eosipho Thiele, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Cantharus aldermenensis Powell, 1971
=Eosipho aldermenensis (Powell, 1971)
Details: Calagrassor aldermenensis (Powell, 1971)
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific. North-eastern North Island, from 211-450m
Type Data:
  • 350-475 metres, off Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Cantharus aldermenensis Powell, 1971)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, On waterlogged wood
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References and Publications
  • Bouchet, P., Warén, A. 1985 Mollusca Gastropoda: Taxonomical notes on tropical deep water Buccinidae with descriptions of new taxa, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 133 (p.469)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.203)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1971 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 8 (p.221) 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