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Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROTOMARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Pleurotomariida (Order)
> Pleurotomarioidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurotomariidae (Family)
> Bayerotrochus (Genus)
> tangaroanus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Perotrochus tangaroanus Bouchet & Métivier, 1982
Images: Bayerotrochus tangaroanus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)
Collected in 478 metres, Three Kings Rise, NZ (USNM 869640). 42.9mm x 49mm. © Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROTOMARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Pleurotomariida (Order)
> Pleurotomarioidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurotomariidae (Family)
> Bayerotrochus (Genus)
> tangaroanus (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Perotrochus tangaroanus Bouchet & Métivier, 1982
Details: Bayerotrochus tangaroanus (Bouchet & Métivier, 1982)
Size/Grows to:
Width 69mm, Height 58mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Rise, 841 metres. Lau Ridge, 547-646 metres
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Harasewych, M.G. 2002 Pleurotomarioidean Gastropods, Advances in Marine Biology, 42 (p.272)
  • Anseeuw, B. 1995 Perotrochus tangaroana Bouchet & Métivier, 1982, World Shells, 13 (p.36)
  • Grange, K.R. Sep/1983 A Living Pleurotomariid Slit Shell from the South Pacific, Cookia, 5(3) (p.5)
  • Bouchet, P., Métivier, B. 1982 Living Pleurotomariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the South Pacific, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 9(3) (p.313) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil