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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
Geographical Range:
AC
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)

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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