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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TURBINELLIDAE: TURBINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Turbinellidae (Family)
> Turbinellinae (Subfamily)
> Cryptofusus (Genus)
> cryptocarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pleia cryptocarinata Dell, 1956
Images: Cryptofusus cryptocarinatus (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Pleia cryptocarinata, collected 11 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009209). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
TURBINELLIDAE: TURBINELLINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Turbinellidae (Family)
> Turbinellinae (Subfamily)
> Cryptofusus (Genus)
> cryptocarinatus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pleia cryptocarinata Dell, 1956
Details: Cryptofusus cryptocarinatus (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 21mm, Width 7.5mm
Distribution:
Eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 366-604m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.205)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.89) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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