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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FASCIOLARIIDAE: PERISTERNIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Fasciolariidae (Family)
> Peristerniinae (Subfamily)
> Taron (Genus)
> albocostus (Species)
Images: Taron albocostus Ponder, 1968
Holotype, collected 11 Oct 1965, off Bream Head, Whangarei, NZ (M.021551). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FASCIOLARIIDAE: PERISTERNIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Fasciolariidae (Family)
> Peristerniinae (Subfamily)
> Taron (Genus)
> albocostus (Species)
Details: Taron albocostus Ponder, 1968
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, off Cape Reinga, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 18-233m
Type Data:
  • Off Bream Head, Whangarei, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.206)
  • Ponder, W.F. 1968 Nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand rachiglossan gastropods with descriptions of five new species, Records of the Dominion Museum, 6(4) (p.40) 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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