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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: ADMETINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Admetinae (Subfamily)
> Brocchinia (Genus)
> septentrionalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anapepta Finlay, 1930
=Solutosveltia Habe, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Inglisella septentrionalis Finlay, 1930
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CANCELLARIIDAE: ADMETINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Volutoidea (Superfamily)
> Cancellariidae (Family)
> Admetinae (Subfamily)
> Brocchinia (Genus)
> septentrionalis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Anapepta Finlay, 1930
=Solutosveltia Habe, 1961
Synonymised Names:
=Inglisella septentrionalis Finlay, 1930
Details: Brocchinia septentrionalis (Finlay, 1930)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5mm, Width 2.8mm
Distribution:
North Island. Off North Cape, 135 metres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.226)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.240) 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