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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Bathytoma (Genus)
> parengonia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875
=Micantapex Iredale, 1936
=Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
=Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891
=Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma (Riuguhdrillia) parengonia (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Micantapex parengonius Dell, 1956
Images: Bathytoma parengonia (Dell, 1956)
Holotype of Micantapex parengonius, collected 10 Feb 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009786). 37mm. © 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)
> Bathytoma (Genus)
> parengonia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolichotoma Bellardi, 1875
=Micantapex Iredale, 1936
=Parabathytoma Shuto, 1961
=Pleurotoma (Bathytoma) G. F. Harris & Burrows, 1891
=Riuguhdrillia Oyama, 1951
Synonymised Names:
=Bathytoma (Riuguhdrillia) parengonia (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Micantapex parengonius Dell, 1956
Details: Bathytoma parengonia (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 49mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
Off North Island and Chatham Rise. Trawled from around 400-1300 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.235)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.129) 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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