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Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Maorimorpha (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitromorpha suteri R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Maorimorpha suteri (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Holotype, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001728). 4.3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Maorimorpha (Genus)
> suteri (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Mitromorpha suteri R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Maorimorpha suteri (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4.6mm, Width 1.7mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island and Auckland Islands, from 31-421m
Type Data:
  • 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
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.237)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.220) Original Description

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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