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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
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)
  • 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)

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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