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Taxonomy
Family:
PSEUDOMELATOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Pseudomelatomidae (Family)
> Paracomitas (Genus)
> augusta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Paracomitas (Macrosinus) Beu, 1970
=Paracomitas (Paracomitas) Powell, 1942
Synonymised Names:
=Paracomitas (Paracomitas) augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Paracomitas (Paracomitas) augusta augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Paracomitas augusta powelli Dell, 1956
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) augusta Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma augusta Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Images: Paracomitas augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Holotype of Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) augusta, collected 22 Jan 1904, E of Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf, NZ (M.001715). 10mm. © 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)
> Paracomitas (Genus)
> augusta (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Paracomitas (Macrosinus) Beu, 1970
=Paracomitas (Paracomitas) Powell, 1942
Synonymised Names:
=Paracomitas (Paracomitas) augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Paracomitas (Paracomitas) augusta augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
=Paracomitas augusta powelli Dell, 1956
=Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) augusta Murdoch & Suter, 1906
=Pleurotoma augusta Murdoch & Suter, 1906
Details: Paracomitas augusta (Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
Size/Grows to:
Height 10mm, Width 3.9mm
Distribution:
North Island and Cook Strait, from 80-502m
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.229)
  • Murdoch, R., Suter, H. 1906 Results of dredging on the continental shelf of New Zealand., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 38 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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