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Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Gracilispira) benthicola (Dell, 1956)
=Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola Dell, 1956
Images: Amalda benthicola (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Baryspira movaezelandiae benthicola, collected 24 Jan 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009785). ~9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> benthicola (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Gracilispira) benthicola (Dell, 1956)
=Baryspira novaezelandiae benthicola Dell, 1956
Details: Amalda benthicola (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm
Distribution:
Southern South Island, Auckland and Chatham Islands. Trawled 350-600 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hart, M.R. 1995 Review of the genus Amalda from New Zealand with a description of a new species & the elevation of another subspecies to full species status, World Shells, 13 (p.86)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.124) 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
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