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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> rubiginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926
=Columbella (Atilia) rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Columbella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926
=Vexillum pseudomarginatum Suter, 1913
Images: Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
Hihi Beach, Mangonui, under rocks. 10.5mm
Under rocks, Hihi Beach, Mangonui, Northland, NZ. 10.5mm
Holotype of Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926, collected Coopers Beach, Doubtless Bay, Northland, NZ (MA71291). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> rubiginosa (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra rubiradix Finlay, 1926
=Columbella (Atilia) rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Columbella rubiginosa Hutton, 1873
=Vexillum antipodum Brookes, 1926
=Vexillum pseudomarginatum Suter, 1913
Details: Austromitra rubiginosa (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 11mm, Width 4.5mm
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
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.64)
  • 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.132)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.216)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1934 Gastropods new to the New Zealand Fauna; with descriptions of six new Species and a new Subspecies, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 64 (p.156)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) 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