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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
Geographical Range:
ACFM
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)

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
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