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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Taranis (Genus)
> nexilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Allo Jousseaume, 1934
=Feliciella Lamy, 1934
=Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
=Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870
Synonymised Names:
=Leucosyrinx thomsoni Mestayer, 1919
=Turris (Hemipleurotoma) nexilis bicarinatus Suter, 1915
=Turris nexilis bicarinatus Suter, 1915
Images: Taranis nexilis (Hutton, 1885)
Holotype of Leucosyrinx thomsoni, collected 1914, off Hen and Chickens, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001067). 3mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Dredged in 45 metres, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. 3.8mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Taranis (Genus)
> nexilis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Allo Jousseaume, 1934
=Feliciella Lamy, 1934
=Fenestrosyrinx Finlay, 1926
=Mangelia (Taranis) Jeffreys, 1870
Synonymised Names:
=Leucosyrinx thomsoni Mestayer, 1919
=Turris (Hemipleurotoma) nexilis bicarinatus Suter, 1915
=Turris nexilis bicarinatus Suter, 1915
Details: Taranis nexilis (Hutton, 1885)
Size/Grows to:
Height 4mm, Width 2mm
Distribution:
North Island and western South Island, from 18-415m
Type Data:
  • 46 metres, off Hen & Chicken Islands, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (type of Leucosyrinx thomsoni Mestayer, 1919)
  • Off Cuvier Island, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (paratype of Leucosyrinx thomsoni Mestayer, 1919)
  • W of Channel Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ, (paratype of Leucosyrinx thomsoni Mestayer, 1919)
  • Castlecliff, Wanganui, NZ (Fossil), (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.228)
  • Mestayer, M. 1919 New species of Mollusca from various dredgings taken off the coast of New Zealand, the Snares Islands, and the Bounty Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 51 (p.133)
  • Suter, H. 1915 Revision of the Tertiary Mollusca of New Zealand, based on type material. Part II, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin, 3 (p.34) 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
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