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Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Ranularia (Genus)
> dunkeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cymatium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817
=Retusum Jousseaume, 1892
=Tritonocauda Dall, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium (Ranularia) dunkeri (Lischke, 1868)
=Ranularia dunkeri iredalei Beu, 1968
=Triton dunkeri Lischke, 1868
Images: Ranularia dunkeri (Lischke, 1868)
Dredged in 50-60 metres, outer Hauraki Gulf, NZ. 89mm. Courtesy of Claire Elliot
Taxonomy
Family:
CYMATIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Tonnoidea (Superfamily)
> Cymatiidae (Family)
> Ranularia (Genus)
> dunkeri (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Cymatium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817
=Retusum Jousseaume, 1892
=Tritonocauda Dall, 1904
Synonymised Names:
=Cymatium (Ranularia) dunkeri (Lischke, 1868)
=Ranularia dunkeri iredalei Beu, 1968
=Triton dunkeri Lischke, 1868
Details: Ranularia dunkeri (Lischke, 1868)
Size/Grows to:
Height 97mm, Width 52mm
Distribution:
South-east Asia, south-west Pacific and Raoul Island. Kermadec Islands and western Bay of Plenty
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Beu, A.G. 1998 Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna and revisions of related taxa, Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 178 (p.119)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.220)
  • Beu, A.G. 1968 A new subspecies of Ranularia (Mollusca, Family Cymathdae) from the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2(1) (p.23)

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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