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Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> comptus (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) comptus (Finlay, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
=Verconella compta Finlay, 1924
Images: Aeneator comptus (Finlay, 1924)
Off Tauranga, Bay of Plenty. 62mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
TUDICLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Tudiclidae (Family)
> Aeneator (Genus)
> comptus (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) comptus (Finlay, 1924) accepted, alternate representation
=Verconella compta Finlay, 1924
Details: Aeneator comptus (Finlay, 1924)
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm, Width 24mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern and eastern South Island, from 0-640m
Type Data:
  • 35 metres, off Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, NZ, (holotype of Verconella compta Finlay, 1924)
  • Off Kaikoura, NZ, (paratype of Aeneator marshalli (Murdoch, 1924))
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
Sculpture of strong vertical axial folds

Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W., Raven, J.L., Foreman, G.A., Grenfell, H.R. 2006 Intertidal and shallow subtidal biota of Mahia Peninsula, Hawkes Bay, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 43 (p.31)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.202)
  • Finlay, H. 1924 Additions to the Recent Molluscan Fauna of New Zealand, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 55 (p.523) 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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