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Taxonomy
Family:
HORAICLAVIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Horaiclavidae (Family)
> Aoteadrillia (Genus)
> wanganuiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aoteadrillia bisecta Powell, 1942
=Aoteadrillia chordata (Suter, 1908)
=Aoteadrillia thomsoni Powell, 1942
=Aoteadrillia trifida Powell, 1942
=Austrodrillia alpha L.C. King, 1933
=Austrodrillia beta L.C. King, 1933
=Austrodrillia gamma L.C. King, 1933
=Drillia chordata Suter, 1908
=Pleurotoma wanganuiensis Hutton, 1873
Images: Aoteadrillia wanganuiensis (Hutton, 1873)
Holotype, Castlecliff (Upper Pleistocene), Wanganui, NZ (MA70911). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Dredged in Green Bay, Queen Charlotte Sound, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. Courtesy of Javier Couper. From the Auckland Museum Collections
Taxonomy
Family:
HORAICLAVIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Horaiclavidae (Family)
> Aoteadrillia (Genus)
> wanganuiensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aoteadrillia bisecta Powell, 1942
=Aoteadrillia chordata (Suter, 1908)
=Aoteadrillia thomsoni Powell, 1942
=Aoteadrillia trifida Powell, 1942
=Austrodrillia alpha L.C. King, 1933
=Austrodrillia beta L.C. King, 1933
=Austrodrillia gamma L.C. King, 1933
=Drillia chordata Suter, 1908
=Pleurotoma wanganuiensis Hutton, 1873
Details: Aoteadrillia wanganuiensis (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 19mm, Width 6mm
Distribution:
North Island east coast down to Taiaroa Head, Otago
Notes:
Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.368)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.231)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Tertiary Mollusca and Echinodermata of New Zealand, in the collection of the Colonial Museum, Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington 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