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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Phenatoma (Genus)
> roseum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843)
=Pleurotoma novaezelandiae Reeve, 1843
=Pleurotoma plicatella Hutton, 1885
=Pleurotoma rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Images: Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Dredged in shallow water off Northland, NZ. 29mm
In silty sand at low tide, Kaiteriteri, Motueka, NZ. 25mm
In silty sand at low tide, Kaiteriteri, Motueka, NZ. 25mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Phenatoma (Genus)
> roseum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Phenatoma novaezelandiae (Reeve, 1843)
=Pleurotoma novaezelandiae Reeve, 1843
=Pleurotoma plicatella Hutton, 1885
=Pleurotoma rosea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Details: Phenatoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Size/Grows to:
Height 36mm, Width 12mm
Distribution:
North, South and Chatham Islands
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.234)

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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