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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> angulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Vulpecula marginata angulata Suter, 1908
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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> angulata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Vulpecula marginata angulata Suter, 1908
Details: Austromitra angulata (Suter, 1908)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, northern and south-western North Island (Wellington), and northern South Island (Queen Charlotte Sound), from 0-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Marshall, B.A., Marrow, M.P. 2021 The living Austromitra species of New Zealand (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Costellariidae), Novapex, 22(3) (p.52)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980 Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Costellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 16 (p.139)
  • Suter, H. 1908 Result of dredging for Mollusca near Cuvier Island, with descriptions of new species., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 40 (p.350) 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