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Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Pareuthria (Genus)
> fuscata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum antarcticum Reeve, 1846
=Buccinum campbelli Filhol, 1880
=Buccinum fuscatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum magellanicum Philippi, 1849
=Buccinum patagonicum Philippi, 1845
=Euthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
=Fusus hombroni Philippi, 1855
=Fusus plumbeus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus rufus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Pareuthria campbelli (Filhol, 1880)
=Pareuthria fuscata var. curta Preston, 1913
=Pareuthria magellanica (Philippi, 1849)
=Pareuthria plumbea (Philippi, 1844)
=Tritonium schwartzianum Crosse, 1861
Images: Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
Campbell Island, in low tidal pools. 28mm
Perseverance Harbour, Campbell Island. 29mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COMINELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Cominellidae (Family)
> Pareuthria (Genus)
> fuscata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum antarcticum Reeve, 1846
=Buccinum campbelli Filhol, 1880
=Buccinum fuscatum Bruguière, 1789
=Buccinum magellanicum Philippi, 1849
=Buccinum patagonicum Philippi, 1845
=Euthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
=Fusus hombroni Philippi, 1855
=Fusus plumbeus Philippi, 1844
=Fusus rufus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
=Pareuthria campbelli (Filhol, 1880)
=Pareuthria fuscata var. curta Preston, 1913
=Pareuthria magellanica (Philippi, 1849)
=Pareuthria plumbea (Philippi, 1844)
=Tritonium schwartzianum Crosse, 1861
Details: Pareuthria fuscata (Bruguière, 1789)
Size/Grows to:
Height 33mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
Campbell and Antipodes Islands, in low tidal pools
Geographical Range:
An
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Pastorino, G. 2016 Revision of the genera Pareuthria Strebel, 1905, Glypteuthria Strebel, 1905 and Meteuthria Thiele, 1912 (Gastropoda: Buccinulidae) with the description of three new genera and two new species from Southwestern Atlantic waters., Zootaxa, 4179 (p.305)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.196)

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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
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