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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
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

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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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