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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Liratilia (Genus)
> conquisita (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella angulata Suter, 1908
=Daphnella chariessa Suter, 1908
=Daphnella conquisita Suter, 1907
=Liratilia conquisita angulata (Suter, 1908)
=Liratilia conquisita conquisita (Suter, 1907)
=Liratilia conquisita nestoris C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Prosipho nestoris (C.A. Fleming, 1948)
Images: Liratilia conquisita (Suter, 1907)
Holotype of Daphnella conquisita, collected 22 Jan 1904, 1.61 km SW of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001719). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 39 metres, Hole in the Wall, Coromandel, NZ. 6mm
Dredged 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Liratilia (Genus)
> conquisita (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Daphnella angulata Suter, 1908
=Daphnella chariessa Suter, 1908
=Daphnella conquisita Suter, 1907
=Liratilia conquisita angulata (Suter, 1908)
=Liratilia conquisita conquisita (Suter, 1907)
=Liratilia conquisita nestoris C.A. Fleming, 1948
=Prosipho nestoris (C.A. Fleming, 1948)
Details: Liratilia conquisita (Suter, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands to Foveaux Strait, and Snares Islands
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.189)
  • Suter, H. 1907 Results of dredging in Hauraki Gulf; with descriptions of seven new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 39 (p.253) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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