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Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Profundiconus (Genus)
> teramachii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Conus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Leptoconus (Lizaconus) da Motta, 1991
Synonymised Names:
=Asprella (Endemoconus) teramachii Kuroda, 1956
=Asprella teramachii Kuroda, 1956
=Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
=Leptoconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
Images: Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
From 450-550m off Wanganella Bank, Norfolk Ridge
Collected 29 Jan 1981, Wanganella Bank, West Norfolk Ridge, eastern slope. (M.234086). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in approx. 500 metres, off Kermadec Islands, NZ. ~40mm
Collected 28 Oct 1975, E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island, NZ (M.225507). ~40mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Conidae (Family)
> Profundiconus (Genus)
> teramachii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Chelyconus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Conus (Profundiconus) Kuroda, 1956
=Leptoconus (Lizaconus) da Motta, 1991
Synonymised Names:
=Asprella (Endemoconus) teramachii Kuroda, 1956
=Asprella teramachii Kuroda, 1956
=Conus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
=Leptoconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
Details: Profundiconus teramachii (Kuroda, 1956)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, 545-595 metres. Wanganella Bank, 422-437 metres. Kiwi Seamount, northern Three Kings Rise, 300-823 metres
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Puillandre, N., Duda, T.F., Meyer, C., Olivera, B.M., Bouchet, P. 2015 One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81 (p.4)
  • Adams, R. Oct/1995 Conilithes wollastoni, Maxwell and Cone Shells in NZ, Poirieria, 17(4) (p.8)
  • Marshall, B.A. 1981 New records of Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the New Zealand region, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(4) (p.499)

*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