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Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> mucronata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Baryspira) mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
=Ancillaria mucronata G.B. Sowerby I, 1830
=Baryspira erica Olson, 1956
=Baryspira gladiolaria Olson, 1956
=Baryspira mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Images: Amalda mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
From Tasman Bay, Nelson. 35mm
From deep water in the Bay of Plenty. 48mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> mucronata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Baryspira) mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
=Ancillaria mucronata G.B. Sowerby I, 1830
=Baryspira erica Olson, 1956
=Baryspira gladiolaria Olson, 1956
=Baryspira mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Details: Amalda mucronata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1830)
Size/Grows to:
Height 62mm, Width 26mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island from low water to approx. 450 metres
Notes:
Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic, Narrower and paler in colouration than A.australis
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Scott, I. Sep/1989 Deep Water Amalda mucronata, Poirieria, 16(1) (p.11)
  • Gardner, N.W. Aug/1979 Variations in Amalda mucronata, Poirieria, 10(3) (p.49)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.208)

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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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