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Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Gracilispira) firthi Olson, 1956
=Amalda (Gracilispira) novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
=Ancilla crystallina Brookes, 1926
=Ancilla nana R.B. Watson, 1886
=Ancillaria novaezelandiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1859
=Baryspira (Gracilispira) firthi Olson, 1956
=Baryspira novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Images: Amalda novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Shallow water, Northland. 11mm
Buried in sand in shallow water. 11mm
Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> novaezelandiae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Gracilispira) firthi Olson, 1956
=Amalda (Gracilispira) novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
=Ancilla crystallina Brookes, 1926
=Ancilla nana R.B. Watson, 1886
=Ancillaria novaezelandiae G.B. Sowerby II, 1859
=Baryspira (Gracilispira) firthi Olson, 1956
=Baryspira novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Details: Amalda novaezelandiae (G.B. Sowerby II, 1859)
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
North Island and north part of South Island, and Chatham Rise, from shallow water to approx. 550 metres
Geographical Range:
ACM
Notes:
Olive, Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.209)
  • Johnston Sep/1966 Notes of Interest: Baryspira novaezelandiae, Poirieria, 3(4-5) (p.56)

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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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