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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:
Central Indo-Pacific, Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • 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. 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)
  • 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)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil