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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)
> miriamae (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
Synonymised Names:
=Benthindsia miriamae Dell, 1967
Images: Nassaria miriamae (Dell, 1967)
Holotype of Benthindsia miriamae Dell, 1967, collected 30 Jul 1962, off Curtis Island, Kermadec Islands (M.021300). 52mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: CYLLENINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Cylleninae (Subfamily)
> Nassaria (Genus)
> miriamae (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
Synonymised Names:
=Benthindsia miriamae Dell, 1967
Details: Nassaria miriamae (Dell, 1967)
Size/Grows to:
Height 55mm, Width 28mm
Distribution:
West Norfolk Ridge and Kermadec Ridge, from 300-500m
Type Data:
  • 915 metres, off Curtis Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ, (holotype of Benthindsia miriamae Dell, 1967)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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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.35)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.196)
  • Dell, R.K. 1967 Some Mollusca from deep water to the north of New Zealand, collected by the Tui, 1962, Records of the Dominion Museum, 5 (p.312) 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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