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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Veprecula (Genus)
> cooperi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mordica Dall, 1924
Images: Veprecula cooperi Mestayer, 1919
Dredged, Deep Water Cove, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 5.5mm
Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Veprecula (Genus)
> cooperi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Mordica Dall, 1924
Details: Veprecula cooperi Mestayer, 1919
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.2mm
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, and Northland to Bay of Plenty
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)
  • Mestayer, M. 1919 New species of Mollusca from various dredgings taken off the coast of New Zealand, the Snares Islands, and the Bounty Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 51 (p.134) 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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