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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Daphnella (Genus)
> cancellata (Species)
Images: Daphnella cancellata Hutton, 1878
In beach drift, Tutukaka Harbour, Whangarei, Northland, NZ. 22mm
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 19mm
In beach drift, Far North, NZ. 19mm
Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Daphnella (Genus)
> cancellata (Species)
Details: Daphnella cancellata Hutton, 1878
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 8mm
Distribution:
Northland to Bay of Plenty and East Cape
Geographical Range:
A
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.242)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1878 Révision des coquilles de la Nouvelle-Zélande et des Iles Chatham, Journal de Conchyliologie, 26 (p.18) Original Description

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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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