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Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Mitromorpha (Genus)
> barrierensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clinomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Diptychomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Helenella T.L. Casey, 1904
=Mitramorpha (variant spelling)
=Mitrithara Hedley, 1922
=Mitrolumna Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) Carpenter, 1865
Synonymised Names:
=Mitrithara barrierensis Powell, 1942
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Taxonomy
Family:
MITROMORPHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mitromorphidae (Family)
> Mitromorpha (Genus)
> barrierensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Clinomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Diptychomitra Bellardi, 1889
=Helenella T.L. Casey, 1904
=Mitramorpha (variant spelling)
=Mitrithara Hedley, 1922
=Mitrolumna Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitrolumna) Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1883
=Mitromorpha (Mitromorpha) Carpenter, 1865
Synonymised Names:
=Mitrithara barrierensis Powell, 1942
Details: Mitromorpha barrierensis (Powell, 1942)
Size/Grows to:
Height 7mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Off Little Barrier Island, 35 metres
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.236)

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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil