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Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Volutomitra (Genus)
> obscura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Compsomitra Marwick, 1942
=Volutomitra (Waimatea) Finlay, 1926
=Waimatea Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra alboapicata E.A. Smith, 1898
=Mitra mortenseni Odhner, 1924
=Mitra obscura Hutton, 1873
=Mitra pica Reeve, 1845
=Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Volutomitra obscura (Hutton, 1873)
From off Northland East Coast, NZ. 20mm
(mortenseni form) - In 20 metres, off the Aldermen Islands, Bay of Plenty. 14mm
Holotype, collected Bay of Islands (no other data), NZ (M.000104). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
VOLUTOMITRIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Volutomitridae (Family)
> Volutomitra (Genus)
> obscura (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Compsomitra Marwick, 1942
=Volutomitra (Waimatea) Finlay, 1926
=Waimatea Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Mitra alboapicata E.A. Smith, 1898
=Mitra mortenseni Odhner, 1924
=Mitra obscura Hutton, 1873
=Mitra pica Reeve, 1845
=Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Volutomitra obscura (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 28mm, Width 14mm
Distribution:
Northland to East Cape. Also South Australia to Victoria and Tasmania
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.215)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) (p.19) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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