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Taxonomy
Family:
HORAICLAVIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Horaiclavidae (Family)
> Aoteadrillia (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Images: Aoteadrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942
Dredged in 91 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA71785). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, dredged in 91 metres, off Taiaroa Head, Otago, NZ (MA70913). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ. 7mm
Taxonomy
Family:
HORAICLAVIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Horaiclavidae (Family)
> Aoteadrillia (Genus)
> otagoensis (Species)
Details: Aoteadrillia otagoensis Powell, 1942
Size/Grows to:
Height 8mm, Width 3mm
Distribution:
South Island. Off Taiaroa Heads, Otago 90-130 metres
Geographical Range:
F
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.231)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1942 The New Zealand Recent and fossil Mollusca of the family Turridae with general notes on turrid nomenclature and systematics, Auckland Institute and Museum Bulletin, 2 (p.89) Original Description

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