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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
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:
North Island. East of the Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty to East Cape. On waterlogged wood around 400-500 metres. Also Philippines and the SW Indian Ocean
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
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