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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
Geographical Range:
AC
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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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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