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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Aoteatilia (Genus)
> psila (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella psila Suter, 1908
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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Aoteatilia (Genus)
> psila (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella psila Suter, 1908
Details: Aoteatilia psila (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Off Cape Reinga, Spirits Bay and Tom Bowling Bay, and north-eastern North Island as far south as Mayor Island, from 30-100m
Type Data:
  • 69 metres, S of Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.191)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Result of dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with descriptions of new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.352) 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