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Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Heterocithara (Genus)
> mediocris (Species)
Images: Heterocithara mediocris Odhner, 1924
Dredged, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 5.5mm. © rights reserved
Dredged, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ. 6mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
MANGELIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Mangeliidae (Family)
> Heterocithara (Genus)
> mediocris (Species)
Details: Heterocithara mediocris Odhner, 1924
Size/Grows to:
Height 6mm, Width 2.5mm
Distribution:
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern and south-western North Island, from 30-508m
Type Data:
  • 64 metres, Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (holotype)
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.242)
  • Odhner, N.H. 1924 Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914–1916. XIX. New Zealand Mollusca, Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 77 (p.43) 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