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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> planata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra brunneacincta Powell, 1952
=Austromitra planatella Finlay, 1930
=Turricula planata Hutton, 1885
Images: Austromitra planata (Hutton, 1885)
Holotype, collected in 33 metres, off west side Tuhua/Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71192). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
In beach drift, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 11mm
In beach drift, Cape Maria van Diemen, Far North, NZ. 10mm
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> planata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Austromitra brunneacincta Powell, 1952
=Austromitra planatella Finlay, 1930
=Turricula planata Hutton, 1885
Details: Austromitra planata (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 15mm
Distribution:
Northland to Coromandel
Geographical Range:
A
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.62)
  • 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.141)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1885 Descriptions of new Tertiary shells. Part 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (p.315) 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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