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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Phenatoma (Genus)
> zealandicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia cheesemani Hutton, 1878
=Pleurotoma zealandica E.A. Smith, 1877
Images: Phenatoma zealandicum (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Hermit crab in rock pool at low tide, Far North, NZ. 25mm
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Phenatoma (Genus)
> zealandicum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia cheesemani Hutton, 1878
=Pleurotoma zealandica E.A. Smith, 1877
Details: Phenatoma zealandicum (E.A. Smith, 1877)
Size/Grows to:
Height 34mm, Width 13.5mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands, as far south as Otago Heads
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)
  • Smith, E.A. 1877 Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4(19) (p.492) Original Description

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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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