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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> aoteana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia laevis (Hutton, 1873)
=Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873
Images: Splendrillia aoteana Finlay, 1930
Dredged off Rarawa, Far North, NZ. 11mm
Holotype of Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873, collected no other data, NZ (M.000056). ~17mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> aoteana (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia laevis (Hutton, 1873)
=Pleurotoma laevis Hutton, 1873
Details: Splendrillia aoteana Finlay, 1930
Size/Grows to:
Height 18mm, Width 7mm
Distribution:
Northern and south-western North Island, Cook Strait, and south-eastern South Island
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.232)
  • Finlay, H. 1930 Invalid molluscan names. No. 1, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 61 (p.47) Original Description

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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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