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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)
> dubius (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latirus huttoni Suter, 1908
=Trophon dubius Hutton, 1878
Images: Taron dubius (Hutton, 1878)
Under rocks at low tide, Coromandel, NZ. 14mm
10 metres, off the Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 20mm
Low tide on rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 18-20mm
A typically encrusted shell, low tide on rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 18-20mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
FASCIOLARIIDAE: PERISTERNIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Fasciolariidae (Family)
> Peristerniinae (Subfamily)
> Taron (Genus)
> dubius (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Latirus huttoni Suter, 1908
=Trophon dubius Hutton, 1878
Details: Taron dubius (Hutton, 1878)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
Northland to Cook Strait and upper South Island. Intertidal to over 20 metres
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Animal is bright red
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.206)

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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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