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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
Geographical Range:
FMAn
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

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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