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Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epidendrium (Genus)
> billeeanum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alora billeeana (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
=Epitonium billeeanum (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
=Scalina billeeana Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965
Images: Epidendrium billeeanum (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
With their egg masses on a Tubastraea cup coral, Indonesia. Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
With their egg masses on a Tubastraea cup coral, Indonesia. Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0
Taxonomy
Family:
EPITONIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order)
> Epitonioidea (Superfamily)
> Epitoniidae (Family)
> Epidendrium (Genus)
> billeeanum (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Alora billeeana (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
=Epitonium billeeanum (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
=Scalina billeeana Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965
Details: Epidendrium billeeanum (Du Shane & Bratcher, 1965)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands. Indo-Pacific and the occidental Pacific Ocean including the Red Sea, Hawaii and the Galapagos
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Nakayama, T. 2003 A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), Monographs of Marine Mollusca, Backhuys, Leiden, Netherlands, 6 (p.10)
  • 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.224)
  • DuShane, H., Bratcher, T. 1965 A new Scalina from the Gulf of California, The Veliger, 8 (p.160) Original Description

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
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