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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Awateria (Genus)
> optabilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia optabilis Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Vexitomina optabilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Images: Awateria optabilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Drillia optabilis, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, NZ (M.001714). 11mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Awateria (Genus)
> optabilis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia optabilis Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Vexitomina optabilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Details: Awateria optabilis (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 44mm, Width 19mm
Distribution:
Off North Island east coast, recorded from Great Barrier Island to Kaikoura
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.302)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.230)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.283) 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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