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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)
> spiratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Alectrion spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
=Nassa spirata A. Adams, 1852
=Nassarius (Alectrion) spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
Images: Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
Matai Bay, Northland, NZ. 21mm. © rights reserved
From off Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
From off Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. © rights reserved
In a shallow rock pool at low tide, near Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
1-2 metres in sandy pools, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
1-2 metres in sandy pools, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. © 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)
> spiratus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alectrion Montfort, 1810
=Niotha H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Alectrion spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
=Nassa spirata A. Adams, 1852
=Nassarius (Alectrion) spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
Details: Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Height 25mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
South-eastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island and northern New Zealand. Kermadec Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Great Barrier Island, from 0-30m
Type Data:
  • Swan River, Western Australia, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, From immediate sublittoral
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References and Publications
  • Mead, K., Carson, K., Raven, J.L., Couper, J., Elliot, M., Elliot, C., Bracegirdle, S. Nov/2021 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 33 (p.21)
  • 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.141)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.205)
  • Henderson, G. Nov/1976 On Nassarius spiratus (A. Adams) at Bland Bay, Poirieria, 8(5) (p.94)
  • Henderson, G. Sep/1975 Nassarius spiratus, Poirieria, 8(1)

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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