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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: CYLLENINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Cylleninae (Subfamily)
> Nassaria (Genus)
> solida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthindsia Iredale, 1936
=Hindsia A. Adams, 1855
=Hindsia (Nihonophos) MacNeil, 1961
=Microfusus Dall, 1916
=Nassaria (Microfusus) Dall, 1916
=Plicifusus (Microfusus) Dall, 1916
Images: Nassaria solida Kuroda & Habe, 1961
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: CYLLENINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Cylleninae (Subfamily)
> Nassaria (Genus)
> solida (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Benthindsia Iredale, 1936
=Hindsia A. Adams, 1855
=Hindsia (Nihonophos) MacNeil, 1961
=Microfusus Dall, 1916
=Nassaria (Microfusus) Dall, 1916
=Plicifusus (Microfusus) Dall, 1916
Details: Nassaria solida Kuroda & Habe, 1961
Size/Grows to:
Height 42mm
Distribution:
Japan, NE Australia, Norfolk Island, Kermadecs, New Caledona and northern NZ
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981 The family Buccinidae: Part 1 The genera Nassaria, Trajana and Neoteron, Monographs of Marine Mollusca, Backhuys, Leiden, Netherlands, 2 (p.33)
  • Habe, T. 1961 Coloured illustrations of the shells of Japan (II) Original Description

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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