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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. © rights reserved
10 metres, off the Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 20mm. © rights reserved
Low tide on rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 18-20mm. © rights reserved
A typically encrusted shell, low tide on rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 18-20mm. © rights reserved
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:
King Bank, Three Kings Islands, North Island as far south as Mahia Peninsula, and northern South Island, from 0-310m
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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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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