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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Nassarius (Genus)
> aoteanus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Nassarius (Alectrion) aoteanus Finlay, 1926
Images: Nassarius aoteanus Finlay, 1926
Far North, NZ. 24mm. © rights reserved
Beach drift, Great Exhibition Bay, Far North, NZ. 25mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Nassarius (Genus)
> aoteanus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Nassarius (Alectrion) aoteanus Finlay, 1926
Details: Nassarius aoteanus Finlay, 1926
Size/Grows to:
Height 36mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 15-188m
Type Data:
  • 20-40 metres, off North Cape, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981 Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 18 (p.139)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.204)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.419) 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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