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Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Maoritomella (Genus)
> multiplex (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraweena Laseron, 1954
=Tomopleura T.L. Casey, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia multiplex Webster, 1906
=Tomopleura multiplex (Webster, 1906)
Images: Maoritomella multiplex (Webster, 1906)
Holotype of Drillia multiplex, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001711). 5.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
BORSONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Borsoniidae (Family)
> Maoritomella (Genus)
> multiplex (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Narraweena Laseron, 1954
=Tomopleura T.L. Casey, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Drillia multiplex Webster, 1906
=Tomopleura multiplex (Webster, 1906)
Details: Maoritomella multiplex (Webster, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 5.5mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Trawled off North Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Wotton, M.A. Nov/2011 Some rare and uncommon species from shell sand, Cookia, 23 (p.12)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.235)
  • Webster, W.H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 (p.306) 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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