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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FASCIOLARIIDAE: FUSININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Fasciolariidae (Family)
> Fusininae (Subfamily)
> Propefusus (Genus)
> novaehollandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusinus novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1848)
=Fusus novaehollandiae Reeve, 1848
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FASCIOLARIIDAE: FUSININAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Fasciolariidae (Family)
> Fusininae (Subfamily)
> Propefusus (Genus)
> novaehollandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Fusinus novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1848)
=Fusus novaehollandiae Reeve, 1848
Details: Propefusus novaehollandiae (Reeve, 1846)
Size/Grows to:
Height 56mm, Width 17mm (NZ). Up to 280mm overseas
Distribution:
2 records, from Bay of Plenty and Coromandel. Also Australia
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.206)

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