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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
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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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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