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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
Geographical Range:
ACF
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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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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