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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Liracraea (Genus)
> whangaroaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella epentroma var. whangaroaensis R. Murdoch, 1905
=Liracraea epentroma whangaroaensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Images: Liracraea whangaroaensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Collected 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ (M.001799). © 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)
> Liracraea (Genus)
> whangaroaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella epentroma var. whangaroaensis R. Murdoch, 1905
=Liracraea epentroma whangaroaensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Details: Liracraea whangaroaensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.8mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Stewart Island
Type Data:
  • 'Whangaroa' = Foveaux Strait or Stewart Island, NZ, (holotype)
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