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Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> bathamae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Baryspira) bathamae (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Baryspira bathamae Dell, 1956
Images: Amalda bathamae (Dell, 1956)
Dredged in 400 metes, off Bounty Islands, NZ. 24mm. © rights reserved
Trawled 200-400 metres, Snares Bank, NZ. 30mm. © rights reserved
Holotype of Baryspira bathamae Dell, collected off eastern Otago, NZ (M.009114). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
ANCILLARIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Neogastropoda (Order)
> Olivoidea (Superfamily)
> Ancillariidae (Family)
> Amalda (Genus)
> bathamae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Amalda (Baryspira) bathamae (Dell, 1956) accepted, alternate representation
=Baryspira bathamae Dell, 1956
Details: Amalda bathamae (Dell, 1956)
Size/Grows to:
Height 37mm, Width 19mm
Distribution:
South-eastern South Island and Campbell Plateau, from 143-732m
Type Data:
  • 550 metres, edge of Saunders Canyon, off Otago Head, NZ, (holotype of Baryspira bathamae Dell, 1956, paratype)
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Hart, M.R. 1995 Review of the genus Amalda from New Zealand with a description of a new species & the elevation of another subspecies to full species status, World Shells, 13 (p.83)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.208)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.124) 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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