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Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> nodicincta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella nodicincta Suter, 1899
Images: Macrozafra nodicincta (Suter, 1899)
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 4.5mm
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 6mm
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, W of Cape Campbell, NZ. 5.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COLUMBELLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Columbellidae (Family)
> Macrozafra (Genus)
> nodicincta (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella nodicincta Suter, 1899
Details: Macrozafra nodicincta (Suter, 1899)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7.5mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, to Foveaux Strait
Geographical Range:
ACF
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.188)
  • Suter, H. 1899 Revision of the New Zealand Pleurotomidae, with descriptions of six new species, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 31 (p.74) Original Description

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
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