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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> attenuatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) Finlay, 1926
=Aeneator (Ellicea) Finlay, 1928
=Aeneator (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Ellicea Finlay, 1928
=Ellicea (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Pittella Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) attenuatus Powell, 1927 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Aeneator attenuatus Powell, 1927
Holotype, collected off Ninety Mile Beach, Far North, NZ (MA72002). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> attenuatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) Finlay, 1926
=Aeneator (Ellicea) Finlay, 1928
=Aeneator (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Ellicea Finlay, 1928
=Ellicea (Pittella) Marwick, 1928
=Pittella Marwick, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Aeneator (Aeneator) attenuatus Powell, 1927 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Aeneator attenuatus Powell, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Height 65mm, Width 25mm
Distribution:
North Island, off Ahipara, Ninety Mile Beach
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Sculpture of fine spiral cords. Lirate within aperture
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.202)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1927 Mollusca from Twenty-three Fathoms off Ahipara, New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 58 (p.298) 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
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