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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Leucosyrinx (Genus)
> pikei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889
Synonymised Names:
=Waitara pikei Dell, 1963
Images: Leucosyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963)
Holotype, collected 20 Nov 1962, NE of Poor Knights Islands, NZ (M.016273). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Leucosyrinx (Genus)
> pikei (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Dall, 1889
Synonymised Names:
=Waitara pikei Dell, 1963
Details: Leucosyrinx pikei (Dell, 1963)
Size/Grows to:
Height 35mm, Width 11mm
Distribution:
North-eastern North Island, from 476-1186m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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