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Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> zafra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Images: Austromitra zafra Powell, 1952
Holotype, collected in 91 metres, off Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ (MA71193). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
COSTELLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Turbinelloidea (Superfamily)
> Costellariidae (Family)
> Austromitra (Genus)
> zafra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Balcomitra Finlay, 1927
=Vexillum (Austromitra) Finlay, 1926
Details: Austromitra zafra Powell, 1952
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Off Bay of Plenty, North Island
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.71)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.217)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1952 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 1, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 4(3) (p.183) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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