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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)
> Tritia (Genus)
> ephamilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nassarius (Telasco) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) Cernohorsky, 1975
=Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Alectrion dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Alectrion ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Arcularia dipsacoides Hedley, 1907
=Nassa (Tritia) ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882 accepted, alternate representation
=Nassa dissimilis R.B. Watson, 1886
=Nassa ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Nassarius dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Nassarius dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Nassarius ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Reticunassa dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Reticunassa flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Images: Tritia ephamilla (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Trawled in 900 metres of water off Cape Kidnappers, NZ. 17mm
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Tritia (Genus)
> ephamilla (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nassarius (Telasco) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) Cernohorsky, 1975
=Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Alectrion dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Alectrion ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Arcularia dipsacoides Hedley, 1907
=Nassa (Tritia) ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882 accepted, alternate representation
=Nassa dissimilis R.B. Watson, 1886
=Nassa ephamilla R.B. Watson, 1882
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Nassarius dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Nassarius dissimilis (R.B. Watson, 1886)
=Nassarius ephamillus (R.B. Watson, 1882)
=Reticunassa dipsacoides (Hedley, 1907)
=Reticunassa flindersi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Details: Tritia ephamilla (R.B. Watson, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands. Trawled from 400 to 1800 metres. Also New South Wales along the eastern coast of Australia to Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania
Geographical Range:
KACFM
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
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.180)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.205)
  • Watson, R.B. 1882 Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition, Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 16 (p.370) Original Description

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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