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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Volutomitra (Genus)
> banksi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Compsomitra Marwick, 1942
=Volutomitra (Waimatea) Finlay, 1926
=Waimatea Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Proximitra banksi Dell, 1951
Images: Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
Trawled off Otago, NZ. 45mm
Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Volutomitra (Genus)
> banksi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Compsomitra Marwick, 1942
=Volutomitra (Waimatea) Finlay, 1926
=Waimatea Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Proximitra banksi Dell, 1951
Details: Volutomitra banksi (Dell, 1951)
Size/Grows to:
Height 44mm, Width 18mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Banks Peninsula and Chatham Rise
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Sometimes bears a minute operculum
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.214)
  • Hole, D.M. Oct/1978 Notes from Mr. Richard Willan's talk on Mitra and Volutomitra, Poirieria, 9(6) (p.112)
  • Dell, R.K. 1951 A Deep Water Molluscan Fauna from off Banks Peninsula, Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6(1) (p.54) Original Description

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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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