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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Antiguraleus (Genus)
> pulcherrimus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Propebela pulcherrima (Dell, 1956)
Images: Antiguraleus pulcherrimus Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 24 Jan 1954, Chatham Rise, NZ (M.009263). 9mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Antiguraleus (Genus)
> pulcherrimus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Propebela pulcherrima (Dell, 1956)
Details: Antiguraleus pulcherrimus Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 3.8mm
Distribution:
Off east coast North and South Islands, and Chatham Rise
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.240)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.138) 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