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Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Images: Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940
Dredged off Houhora Harbour, Far North, NZ. 15mm
Whangarei Heads, Northland, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
DRILLIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Drilliidae (Family)
> Splendrillia (Genus)
> larochei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Melatoma (Splendrillia) Hedley, 1922
Details: Splendrillia larochei Powell, 1940
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and off Cape Reinga, down to Awanui Heads, Rangaunu Bay
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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