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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Pleurotomella (Genus)
> expeditionis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Asperdaphne expeditionis Dell, 1956
Images: Pleurotomella expeditionis Dell, 1956
Holotype of Asperdaphne expeditionis, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009268). ~5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Pleurotomella (Genus)
> expeditionis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Asperdaphne expeditionis Dell, 1956
Details: Pleurotomella expeditionis Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
Off Chatham Islands
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.244)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.137) 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