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Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Austrofusus (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aethocola Iredale, 1915
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt, 1879
=Austrofusus (Neocola) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Aethocola chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) chathamensis Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)
In beach drift, Marfells Beach, Marlborough. 49mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected in 1929 at the Chatham Islands, NZ (MA70060). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
PROSIPHONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Buccinoidea (Superfamily)
> Prosiphonidae (Family)
> Austrofusus (Genus)
> chathamensis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aethocola Iredale, 1915
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) Kobelt, 1879
=Austrofusus (Neocola) Finlay, 1926
Synonymised Names:
=Aethocola chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)
=Austrofusus (Austrofusus) chathamensis Finlay, 1928 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Austrofusus chathamensis (Finlay, 1928)
Size/Grows to:
Height 60mm, Width 33mm
Distribution:
Chatham Islands. Off Cook Strait, Wellington
Type Data:
  • Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G., Maxwell, P.A. 1990 Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey, 58 (p.364)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.197)
  • Jun/1974 Austrofusus chathamensis Finlay, 1928, Poirieria, 7(4) (p.75)
  • Finlay, H. 1928 The Recent Mollusca of the Chatham Islands, Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 59 (p.253) 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