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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Tritia (Genus)
> burchardi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nassarius (Telasco) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) Cernohorsky, 1975
=Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum burchardi Dunker, 1849
=Nassa (Arcularia) labecula A. Adams, 1852
=Nassa burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Nassa labecula A. Adams, 1852
=Nassarius (Parcanassa) ellana (Iredale, 1936)
=Nassarius (Plicarcularia) burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Nassarius burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Nassarius ellana (Iredale, 1936)
=Parcanassa burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Parcanassa ellana Iredale, 1936
Images: Tritia burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
Low tide, Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. 12mm. © rights reserved
In sand at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
In sand at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Off Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Off Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. 13mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NASSARIIDAE: NASSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Nassariidae (Family)
> Nassariinae (Subfamily)
> Tritia (Genus)
> burchardi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Nassarius (Telasco) H. & A. Adams, 1853
=Alectrion (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
=Nassarius (Cryptonassarius) Cernohorsky, 1975
=Nassarius (Tritia) A. Adams, 1853
Synonymised Names:
=Buccinum burchardi Dunker, 1849
=Nassa (Arcularia) labecula A. Adams, 1852
=Nassa burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Nassa labecula A. Adams, 1852
=Nassarius (Parcanassa) ellana (Iredale, 1936)
=Nassarius (Plicarcularia) burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Nassarius burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Nassarius ellana (Iredale, 1936)
=Parcanassa burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
=Parcanassa ellana Iredale, 1936
Details: Tritia burchardi (Dunker, 1849)
Size/Grows to:
Width 17mm, Height 13mm
Distribution:
Eastern and southern Australia and New Zealand. North-eastern North Island as far south as Bay of Plenty. Northern South Island, from 0m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Living intertidally
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References and Publications
  • Walton, K., Couper, J. Nov/2020 Range expansion of the adventive marine snail Tritia burchardi (Dunker, 1849) in New Zealand, Cookia, 32 (p.2)
  • Townsend, M., Marshall, B.A., Greenfield, B.L. 2010 First records of the Australian dog whelk, Nassarius (Plicarcularia) burchardi (Dunker in Philippi, 1849) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 44 (p.345)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981 Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 18 (p.248)
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1972 Indo-Pacific Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 9 (p.139)

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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