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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Austrobela (Genus)
> xanthias (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias R.B. Watson, 1886
=Pleurotoma xanthias R.B. Watson, 1886
=Xanthodaphne xanthias (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Images: Austrobela xanthias (R.B. Watson, 1886)
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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Austrobela (Genus)
> xanthias (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma (Thesbia) xanthias R.B. Watson, 1886
=Pleurotoma xanthias R.B. Watson, 1886
=Xanthodaphne xanthias (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Details: Austrobela xanthias (R.B. Watson, 1886)
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 10mm
Distribution:
North Island, off Cape Turnagain, Hawkes Bay, 2000 metres, from 1000-2012m
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.334) 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