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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Xanthodaphne (Genus)
> membranacea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma membranacea R.B. Watson, 1886
Images: Xanthodaphne membranacea (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Syntype, collected off Cape Turnagain, Wairarapa, NZ (1887.2.9.1048)
Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Xanthodaphne (Genus)
> membranacea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma membranacea R.B. Watson, 1886
Details: Xanthodaphne membranacea (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Size/Grows to:
Height 22mm, Width 13mm
Distribution:
North Island, off Cape Turnagain, Hawkes Bay, 2000 metres
Geographical Range:
C
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.245)
  • Watson, R.B. 1886 Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76., Zoology, 15(42) (p.333) 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