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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Liracraea (Genus)
> epentroma whangaroaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella epentroma var. whangaroaensis R. Murdoch, 1905
Images: Liracraea epentroma 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)
> epentroma whangaroaensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Clathurella epentroma var. whangaroaensis R. Murdoch, 1905
Details: Liracraea epentroma whangaroaensis (R. Murdoch, 1905)
Size/Grows to:
Height 6.8mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Off eastern Otago
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)

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