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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Austrobela (Genus)
> gypsata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gymnobela gypsata (R.B. Watson, 1881)
=Paracomitas gypsata (R.B. Watson, 1881)
=Pleurotoma (Drillia) gypsata R.B. Watson, 1881
=Pleurotoma gypsata R.B. Watson, 1881
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Taxonomy
Family:
RAPHITOMIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Conoidea (Superfamily)
> Raphitomidae (Family)
> Austrobela (Genus)
> gypsata (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Gymnobela gypsata (R.B. Watson, 1881)
=Paracomitas gypsata (R.B. Watson, 1881)
=Pleurotoma (Drillia) gypsata R.B. Watson, 1881
=Pleurotoma gypsata R.B. Watson, 1881
Details: Austrobela gypsata (R.B. Watson, 1881)
Size/Grows to:
Height 44mm, Width 19mm
Distribution:
South-eastern North Island, Challenger Plateau, and north-eastern South Island, from 865-1549m
Type Data:
  • 1280 metres, NE off East Cape, NZ, (holotype, syntype)
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.230)
  • Watson, R.B. 1881 Mollusca of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. Parts VIII, IX, X, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 15 (p.413) 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