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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Maoritomella (Genus)
> albula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraweena Laseron, 1954
=Tomopleura T.L. Casey, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma albula Hutton, 1873
=Pleurotoma antipodum E.A. Smith, 1877
=Tomopleura albula (Hutton, 1873)
Images: Maoritomella albula (Hutton, 1873)
In beach drift, Tutukaka Harbour, Northland, NZ. 9mm
Holotype, collected no other data, NZ (M.000059). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 120-200 metres, Taiaroa Canyon, Otago, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Maoritomella (Genus)
> albula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraweena Laseron, 1954
=Tomopleura T.L. Casey, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma albula Hutton, 1873
=Pleurotoma antipodum E.A. Smith, 1877
=Tomopleura albula (Hutton, 1873)
Details: Maoritomella albula (Hutton, 1873)
Size/Grows to:
Height 9mm, Width 3.7mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island
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)
  • Hutton, F.W. 1873 Catalogue of the Marine Mollusca of New Zealand, with diagnoses of the species, Dominion Museum (NZ) Original Description

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

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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