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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> lawsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Images: Austromitra lawsi Finlay, 1930
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70068). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged in 100-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 8.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> lawsi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Details: Austromitra lawsi Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 12mm, Width 4.6mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, eastern and south-western South Island and western Chatham Rise, 220-807 metres
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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.59)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.216)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.235) 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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