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Taxonomy
Family:
STROMBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Strombidae (Family)
> Thersistrombus (Genus)
> thersites (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Strombus (Tricornis) thersites (Swainson, 1823)
=Strombus ponderosus Philippi, 1842
=Strombus thersites Swainson, 1823
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Taxonomy
Family:
STROMBIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Stromboidea (Superfamily)
> Strombidae (Family)
> Thersistrombus (Genus)
> thersites (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Strombus (Tricornis) thersites (Swainson, 1823)
=Strombus ponderosus Philippi, 1842
=Strombus thersites Swainson, 1823
Details: Thersistrombus thersites (Swainson, 1823)
Size/Grows to:
Height 140mm
Distribution:
Western Pacific. Philippines, Kermadec Islands
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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.218)

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