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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Maoritomella (Genus)
> ischna (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraweena Laseron, 1954
=Tomopleura T.L. Casey, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma (Surcula) ischna R.B. Watson, 1881
=Pleurotoma ischna R.B. Watson, 1881
=Tomopleura ischna (R.B. Watson, 1881)
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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Maoritomella (Genus)
> ischna (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraweena Laseron, 1954
=Tomopleura T.L. Casey, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurotoma (Surcula) ischna R.B. Watson, 1881
=Pleurotoma ischna R.B. Watson, 1881
=Tomopleura ischna (R.B. Watson, 1881)
Details: Maoritomella ischna (R.B. Watson, 1881)
Size/Grows to:
Height 8.5mm, Width 2.25mm
Distribution:
East of East Cape, 1280 metres
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)
  • Watson, R.B. 1881 Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII, IX, X, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 15 (p.403) Original Description

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