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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Liracraea (Genus)
> epentroma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella epentroma R. Murdoch, 1905
=Liracraea epentroma epentroma (R. Murdoch, 1905) accepted, alternate representation
Images: Liracraea epentroma (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Lectotype of Clathurella epentroma, collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001798). ~5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Another subspecies of the Flax Snail from the Far North of NZ. 5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Liracraea (Genus)
> epentroma (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella epentroma R. Murdoch, 1905
=Liracraea epentroma epentroma (R. Murdoch, 1905) accepted, alternate representation
Details: Liracraea epentroma (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
From Cook Strait to Stewart Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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