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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)
130-180 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 5mm. © rights reserved
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:
South-western North Island as far north as Waverley, northern and southern South Island, Stewart Island and Chatham Islands
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, off Taiaroa Head, NZ, (paratype)
  • 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ, (lectotype of Clathurella epentroma R. Murdoch, 1905)
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

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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