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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> enwrighti (Species)
Images: Macrozafra enwrighti Powell, 1940
Holotype, collected in 110 metres, off North Cape, Far North, NZ (MA70426). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> enwrighti (Species)
Details: Macrozafra enwrighti Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 3.6mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Island, off Cape Maria van Diemen, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Wotton, M.A. Nov/2011 Some rare and uncommon species from shell sand, Cookia, 23 (p.11)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.188)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1940 The Marine Mollusca of the Aupourian Province, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 70 (p.242) 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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