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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
Geographical Range:
CF
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.241)
  • Murdoch, R. 1905 Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand., Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 37 (p.219) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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